Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 10:43:05 -0500

From: Jesse T Sheidlower jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PANIX.COM

Subject: Re: Montgomery Ward





How wide-spread is the name, "Monkey Wards"?

Have any of you heard of it?



We're preparing an entry for this for Volume II of the

Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang.

We have quite a bit of evidence going back to 1912.



Jesse Sheidlower

Random House Reference

jester[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]panix.com