Antedating of "Gimmick"

Fred Shapiro fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Feb 15 17:16:09 UTC 2004


gimmick (OED 1926, HDAS 1922)

1921 _N.Y. Times_ 15 May 71 (ProQuest)  Being a Possible Questionnaire for
Submission to Applicants for the Position of Assistant Stage Doorman. ...
What is the starflop?  A startrap?  A vampire trap?  A gimmick?

Fred Shapiro


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