Antedating of "Second Guesser"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Fri Mar 21 01:57:45 UTC 2014


second guesser (OED 1937)

1913 _N.Y. Times_ 8 Oct. 5 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  Tesreau came like a whirlwind, and he gave the second guessers the fine little alibi, for he had a world of speed, fair control, and everything a pitcher needs.

Fred Shapiro

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