Since sending my last message (with the 1956 citation from the Oxford
English Dictionary) I have searched ProQuest Historical Newspapers and
found something earlier:
1948 _New York Times_ 13 June R3 It's very welcome news to hear of a
house that doesn't demand an arm and a leg to buy it.
Fred Shapiro
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Fred R. Shapiro Editor
Associate Librarian for Collections and YALE DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS
Access and Lecturer in Legal Research Yale University Press,
Yale Law School forthcoming
e-mail: fred.shapiro@yale.edu http://quotationdictionary.com
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