[Ads-l] klutz before 1959?

[Mark Mandel]

The Oxford dictionary online
<https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/klutz> gives the etymology of
"klutz" ("North American, informal: A clumsy, awkward, or foolish person.
") as

1960s: from Yiddish klots ‘wooden block’.

Most of the other online dictionaries I've checked agree with this dating,
but Merriam-Webster <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/klutz> says
"First Known Use: 1959".

Is it really that new in English? Can anyone antedate it?

Mark


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