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waterfront (n.)
also
water-front
, 1834, American English, from
water
(n.1) +
front
(n.). To
cover the waterfront
"deal with thoroughly" is attested from 1913;
I Cover the Waterfront
was a 1932 best-seller by San Diego newspaperman Max Miller.
