[Ads-l] Very slight antedating of "Easter basket" [1879]

[Bonnie Taylor-Blake]

OED has as its earliest example one from 2 April 1881.  Here are a
couple earlier ones.

-- Bonnie


Some of the Easter baskets bordered with a flounce of real lace were
filled with fragrant clusters of roses and violets, concealing the
pretty sugar eggs beneath.

[From "The Fashions; Openings after Easter," The New-York Daily
Tribune, 19 April 1879, p. 6, col. 3; via GenealogyBank.]


EASTER EGGS, Chickens, Ducks, Rabbits, Satin and China Eggs, Easter
Baskets, Easter Cards, Seamoss and Flowers at YEAGER'S, 488 Penn
street.

[An advertisement in The Reading (PA) Times and Dispatch, 25 March
1880, p. 4, col. 4; via Newspapers.com.]

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