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Nasby

American  
[naz-bee] / ˈnæz bi /

noun

  1. Petroleum V., pen name of David Ross Locke.


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After the war, one politician claimed that the rebellion had been put down by “the Army, the Navy, and the Nasby Letters.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2020

“I think it’s something Springfield can be very proud of,” Springfield resident Bruce Nasby said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2017

But both usages were antedated in writings by Carl Schurz in 1871 and Petroleum V. Nasby in 1866.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is 1866, and "Petroleum V. Nasby," writing from "Confedrit X Roads," Kentucky, gives Deekin Pogram's views on education.

From The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures by Perry, Bliss

Clemens, in fact, had once proposed to Nasby a joint trip to the Pacific coast.

From Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 2 (1867-1875) by Paine, Albert Bigelow

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