Etymology Online couldn't come up with it, and the references I was able to find were pretty vague. I know the trend of dollar-princess marriages took off some time after 1874, and I know about the 1909 musical "Dollar Princess," but I'd really like to know when newspapers, or the public, started using the actual phrase.
I want to use the term as well as the concept in a short story, and I'd like to have some reasonably accurate background when I set the date. Thanks for any pointers, or answers!
I want to use the term as well as the concept in a short story, and I'd like to have some reasonably accurate background when I set the date. Thanks for any pointers, or answers!