This is the full read-only archive of the "Ask the Wordwizard" section of the original Wordwizard site. The responses to the questions originate from Jonathon Green, the compiler of the Cassell Dictionary of Slang and numerous other dictionaries.
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by Archived Topic » Mon Feb 15, 1999 12:00 am
word origen and language please
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by Jonathon Green » Thu Feb 18, 1999 8:00 am
I can find no origin, merely an attribution to US slang, and a first citation of 1868.
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