Edward Sandford Martin (and "Martini")

[jester at PANIX.COM]

>  MARTINI
> I checked the online OED (they're revising "M," so is
> "Martini" done?).  "Martini" is 1894.  "Martini cocktail, please" is
> on page 298 of WINDFALLS OF OBSERVATION (1893) by Edward S. Martin.

We're just finishing up "Martini" now. Our earliest example is
1884 in the form "Martinez," the connection of which to "Martini"
is unclear, and 1888 for "Martini."

Jesse Sheidlower