[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hipster"

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Which is why it isn't in HDAS I (earliest: 1940), which drew on the
> _Hepster's Decitionary_.
>

There is

Hipster Saml 1803 Lowrie

in the

Pittsburgh Directory, Pge 734
R. L. Polk and R. L. Dudley.,
1913 - Pittsburgh (Pa.).

So, the 1938 cite isn't a lapsus or a hapax. Well, it could still be a
lapsus.

Youneverknow.
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