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Grey Lady
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English
Alternative forms
en Gray Lady
Etymology
Attested since at 1951.Barry Popik Gray Lady/Grey Lady; Paper of Record; All the News That’s Fit to Print (New York Times) https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/gray_lady_paper_of_record_all_the_news_thats_fit_to_print_new_york_times The Big Apple 2004-07-18 2021-09-12 "Old Gray Lady" dates, at least, from the 1950s. The name does not come from a unique color of newsprint. https://web.archive.org/web/20230603122449/https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/gray_lady_paper_of_record_all_the_news_thats_fit_to_print_new_york_times/ 3 June 2023 The term is unrelated to the color of the newspaper.
en
Proper noun
Grey Lady 1
The The New York Times New York Times.
See also
en Little Grey Lady of the Sea
en Old Gray Lady
en Old Lady of Threadneedle Street
References
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