Another Shannon on the forum! Where are you from, Edward? Northern California here (actually Central presently-Monterey). BTW, I have never heard of a Becky Thatcher dress.

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> On Jul 30, 2020, at 12:26 PM, Taylor Roberts <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I quickly searched OED and Google Trends but without a good result. I
> also look forward to someone with more skill to hunt it down! Tx
> Taylor
> 
>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 3:17 PM Philip Bauer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> I don't have an answer but I will be looking for someone to have it.
>> Great question.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 7/30/2020 12:57 PM, Shannon, Edward wrote:
>>> Does anyone have an idea when the term "Becky Thatcher" was adopted to
>>> describe elementary school dresses for girls? Does anyone have
>>> documentation regarding this?
>>> 
>>> Thanks for any help.
>>> 
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