Did the Idiom Bucket List Come from the Movie?

Every source I checked on the idiom Bucket List claims the idiom came from the 2007 movie called Bucket List with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. Yet, when I first saw the movie come out, I was already familiar with the idiom. I clearly remember the idiom from way back so I’m going to set the record straight. No, the screenwriter did not invent this idiom. It has been used for many years and has long been a play on the idiom ‘kick the bucket.’

Since to kick the bucket means to die, a bucket list is a list of things to do before you kick the bucket. I remember hearing people talk about their bucket lists when I was a child, and I grew up in the 70s and 80s.

Does it go even further back? I was unable to find any examples in print to prove my assertion.

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