Further Antedating of "Sex Appeal"

[Fred Shapiro]

sex appeal (OED 1924)

1910 _Current Literature_ July (American Periodical Series)  The play
which contains no sex appeal is described by professional critics as being
"undramatic" or "not a play at all."

Fred Shapiro


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