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Originally Posted by Capsicum
Was "fresh off the boat" to describe recent immigrants, ever an expression used at the time that most immigrants came by boat, not plane?
Most usages of "fresh off the boat" I've seen in popular culture make it seem like it's describing a generation of people too young to have been the ones who arrived by boat.
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I don't know when it originated, but I suspect it goes back to the 19th century, if not earlier.
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