Antedating of "Teenager"

[Dan Goncharoff]

"teen-age" is even older, no?
DanG


On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

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> teenager (OED 1941)
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> 1915 _Daily Tulsa World_ 13 Feb. 6 (America's Historical Newspapers)
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> ing) Sunday meeting for teen-agers.
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> Fred Shapiro
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