[Ads-l] Antedating of "Casting Couch"

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casting couch (OED 1948)

1929 Miami Daily News 13 Oct. 5/5 (Newspapers.com)

>From the beminked show girl to casting-couch producer — the ladder is long.

Fred Shapiro

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