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Johnny Broderick

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• ... that Johnny Broderick, a New York City detective for 24 years, inspired the Broadway expression "to broderick," meaning to "knock out with one blow"?

• Reviewed: Triclocarban, Big Fish, Little Fish (play)

Created by Coretheapple (talk). Self nominated at 21:50, 21 March 2014 (UTC).

• 16px New enough, long enough. I will have to AGF because only four sources are available online.
  I will ask only one question:
  What is the source for the sentence "he was reduced in rank to patrolman, his pay was cut by $1000 and he was transferred to Long Island City by police commissioner John F. O'Ryan"? --Moscow Connection (talk) 23:19, 23 March 2014 (UTC)

Oh, that was a Herald Tribune article, 2/6/34. It footnoted the preceding sentence and I just moved it over, as it sources both sentences. Coretheapple (talk) 00:27, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you! That's okay. I'm AGFing. I think this nomination is ready to go. --Moscow Connection (talk) 00:55, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Thanks! The hook is actually online, you know. Coretheapple (talk) 02:45, 24 March 2014 (UTC)

Sure! I know it, I checked all the sources that were online and didn't require a subscription. --Moscow Connection (talk) 02:57, 24 March 2014 (UTC)