Antedating of "Jamboree"

Fred Shapiro fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Jan 1 20:57:07 UTC 2006


jamboree (OED 1868)

1861 _ Vanity Fair_ 28 Dec. 279 (American Periodical Series)
Whence come these bruised cheeks, those bloody nose, this puffy lip and
ensanguined mug?  Blow me if I don't think you've been on a jamboree!"

Fred Shapiro



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