Assertion: thin air | /r/ObjectUse | used since 17th century
Facets:
value: widely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: It seems clear that Shakespeare coined the terms thin air (which has been widely used since the 17th century by a diverse collection of authors, including John Milton (1671), William Blake (1800) and Ed McBain (1977) and vanish into air, used by lesser-known author; James Hogg, in his work Mountain Bard, 1807.