Fwd: Re: FW: jaywalking query

[Barnhart]

>From the Dictionary of Americanism:

jaywalk, v. [f. _jay_, a stupid person + _walk_, v.] ...

1919 Lewis _Free Air_ [p] 237  He had ... been cursed by a policeman for
jaywalking.


>From OEDs:

jaywalker, n.

1917 _Harpers Mag._ June [p] 30   The Bostonian ... has reduced "a
pedestrian who crosses streets in disregard of traffic signals" to the
compact _jaywalker_.


I will keep my eye out for more.

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David K. Barnhart, Editor
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