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Word: picklepuss (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...letter, but stirring ketchup into Sullivan's score, Tropical Pinafore shifted base from foggy England to a banana-bright Caribbean isle. Opening with a jungle chant that Sullivan neglected to write, it burst into syncopation when a huge, black, big-bosomed Little Buttercup appeared, calling Dick Deadeye picklepuss and shaking her gargantuan hips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Gilbert & Sullivan Warmed Up | 4/22/1940 | See Source »

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