[Ads-l] Antedating of "Brownie"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Jan 12 21:57:33 UTC 2020


brownie (OED, n.2 2., 1897)

1896 _Daily Republican_ (Monongahela, Pa.) 22 Dec. 4/2 (Newspapers.com)  Chocolate Brownies ... 20c.

Fred Shapiro

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