Shiksa (1926?)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Tue, 21 Mar 2000 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

>    Shiksa?  In January 1926?  Got any cites, Daily News?  I have "shiksa"
>    much later--and with different spelling.

The OED has "shiksa" (with that spelling) in 1928, with "Shiksah" in 1892.


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