Talk:hell-for-leather
Latest comment: 3 months ago by 194.125.35.240 in topic earlier reference than Kipling
earlier reference than Kipling[edit]
OED provides an earlier reference to the one given here: *1865*: "They hoist the white feather, And they bolt off hell for leather From young Johnny and his band." _Hamilton (Victoria) Spectator_ 25 February 4/1 194.125.35.240 10:00, 5 February 2024 (UTC)