Antedating of "Snowmobile"

[Fred Shapiro]

The New York Times Historical database shows that this was used pretty
commonly before the OED's first use:

snowmobile (OED 1931)

1926 _N.Y. Times_ 14 Feb. E8  (heading) Snowmobiles' failure in Canada
makes gold-seekers use dogs.


Fred Shapiro


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