Citations:lulu

English citations of lulu

Noun

					1886	1943,1950,1961,	2011
ME «	15th c.	16th c.	17th c.	18th c.	19th c.	20th c.	21st c.

• 1886, Website, etymonline.com:

  "remarkable person or thing," 1886 (first attested in a baseball article from New Orleans, U.S.), perhaps from earlier looly "beautiful girl," of unknown origin. http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=lulu&searchmode=none:

• 1943, Cartoon, Warner Bros., Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk:

  "Duh, watch out for dat foist step - it's a lulu!"

• 1950, Magazine, Boy Scouts Magazine "Boys Own" December 1950, Earache in B minor, page 46:

  "He's a real lulu. He's a wonderful pianist, he plays his own stuff."

• 1951, novel, The Catcher in the Rye, p. 129:

  "And there were some lulus, too."

• 1961, Film, Comancheros:

  John Wayne as Ranger Jake Cutter to Stuart Whitman as Paul Regret: “you are a real lulu, monsieur.” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054757/

• 2011, newspaper, Globe and Mail Newspaper, Toronto, Movie Review "Kaboom" by Stephen Cole:

  "The story (and it’s a lulu): 19-year-old Smith (Thomas Dekker) seeks refuge from his...".

  http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/kaboom-dating-ritual-murder-and-magic-cookies/article1975329/