Antedating of 'offbrand' (1929)
    Sam Clements 
    SClements at NEO.RR.COM
       
    Tue Jan  6 04:52:49 UTC 2004
    
    
  
DARE has 1960, according to HDAS.
M-W has 1946.  OED is working on it.
1929 _Reno Evening Gazette_ 20 Aug. 12/8(newspaperarchive) "The best part of
it all is that you can buy these famous brands of food products at prices as
low, in most cases, as many grocers charge for unfamiliar, unknown,
off-brand(not sure if hyphenated...on two lines-ed.)  products."
Sam Clements
    
    
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