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In the risque Guys & Dolls number “Take Back Your Mink”, Adelaide tells her generous beau to “Hollanderize” the mink he gave her and give it to someone else. If you do a Google search on “Hollanderize” the result is, not surprisingly, a page of links to Guys & Dolls lyrics. But if you search on “Hollander Furs” you get a page of information from Virtual Newark N.J. on A. Hollander & Son, dyers and dressers of furs. This firm was one of the “oldest established permanent (not floating)” businesses in Newark. And unless I get further proof, I’m going to believe they are the origins of the coined verb that may have been in prominent use amongst the society gals of New York back in the days of Runyonland.

Written by ltao

July 31st, 2002 at 1:49 am

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