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The most in-depth research into the least important historical topics -Early Sports n Pop Culture History. "Jump on my bandwagon."
https://esnpc.blogspot.com/
Yes. The source link cited by footnote in Wiktionary doesn't work anymore, but my original work (on which the now-defunct source relied) is still around.

Anyone interested in more background check out my research here:

esnpc.blogspot.com/2021/08/fran...
Frank Tinney, Ida May Chadwick and Joseph Zilch - Why "Zilch" Means "Zero"
Zero, zip, zilch, nada – that’s what has previously been known about the ultimate origin of the word, “Zilch,” an Americanism meaning “zer...
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January 15, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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Nashville Tennessean. More on the “cheesecake” origin story:
https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2019/03/shipping-news-and-starlets-revealing.html
Shipping News and Starlets - a Revealing History of Chees...
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December 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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Biloxi, Miss., Herald; a 1915 cartoon. More on the origins of the acronym, and on the Army controversy:
https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2018/12/liquor-sugar-and-booze-bring-your-own.html#google_vignette
Liquor, Sugar and Booze - a Bring-Your-Own History of BYOB
The family of “B. Y. O.” initialisms, of which “B....
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December 2, 2024 at 8:11 AM
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December 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Fyi, the book you say traces it to 1902 actually traces the phrase to 1906. The Fuller Building was built in 1902, but the author traces the expression to 1906.

The reference you believe was published in 1900 was published in 1920. Bad metadata.
www.newspapers.com/article/iris...
Article clipped from Irish Independent
Clipping found in Irish Independent published in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland on 7/26/1920.
www.newspapers.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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December 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Invented in 1876, in Philadelphia, by the same man who invented the stapler. Later became known as oyster pails, but were also used for ice cream and other products. Used for Chinese takeout as early as 1914.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Thank you for reading and sharing.https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2023/02/chinese-food-staplers-and-oysters.html
December 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM