Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 12:18:34 -0600

From: Joan Houston Hall jdhall[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]FACSTAFF.WISC.EDU

Subject: Re: Trouble Hunters on WHEELS



The _Dictionary of Americanisms_ has "wheel" for "bicycle" from 1882. DARE

has scattered citations up through the 1960s, with no particular regional

pattern, and the 1902 _Sears_ catalog offers its "highest grade wheel" for

$15.75!