"SKYSCRAPER" PUFFS.
The origin of the name "skyscraper" is still uncertain. The instance furnished by "Peter Simple" in the "Morning Post," of its application to a hunter in England in 1825, which was long before it was \ised to describe New York's many-storeyed buildings, might be explained by the fact that the horse probably stood high at the shoulder or was a particularly free jumper. A Sussex correspondent says that her father, who was born in 1843, used to call three-cornered puffs ."skyscrapers." When nowadays she asks confectioners for "skyscrapers." they look at her with ! astonishment. There is good reason, however, to believe that the name originated in the old sailing ship days, when the Yankee clippers were the great rivals of Scottish-built ships. The squarei sails carried above the "royals" were termed "skysails" and "skyscrapers." 1
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 140, 15 June 1935, Page 7 (Supplement)
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137"SKYSCRAPER" PUFFS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 140, 15 June 1935, Page 7 (Supplement)
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