Razzberry (1921); Mexican Jumping Bean (1922); Bagel (1965); Ducks in a Row (1938)

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RAZZBERRY

   When was the "razz" put in "raspberry"?

   4 July 1921, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 15:
   There is many a "razzberry" patch along the trail which a hero must tread and Kelly is not making home runs with the frequency that marked his Spring playing.

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MEXICAN JUMPING BEAN

   The revised OED has just "Mexican bean."   This is also in Paul Dickson's BASEBALL DICTIONARY.

   1 October 1922, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 1:
   The animated bit of wood is a dead branch of a walnut tree, and from its antics it would seem to be a relative of the Mexican jumping bean.

   7 June 1949, NEW YORK TIMES,  pg. 36:
   _SPORT OF THE TIMES._
   _The Mexican Jumping Beans._

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BAGEL=DONUT=GOOSE EGG=ZERO

   This is earlier that the tennis "bagel," if I could find that Eddie Dibbs/Harold Solomon quote.

   11 March 1965, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 53:
   It was learned yesterday that even a bagel baker had wanted to exploit the selling magic of the character created by the late Ian Fleming by advertising its doughnut-shaped products as the two zeros in the famous digits--007 (the agent's code number).

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MOPPIN'

   Is this cite of any use?

   21 June 1938, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 14:
_Alabama Farmer and Two Negro "Boys"_
   _Here to Serve Real Southern Cooking_
(...)
   As they cook they will be basted--"moppin" it is called--with a gravy.

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DUCKS IN A ROW

   I'll be in Beijing in a few days and I'm trying to get my Peking ducks in a row.  Who knew it was this early?

   20 November 1938, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 167:
   However, the paucity of predecessors has not impressed Mr. (Leslie--ed.) Howard anything like as much as the trail which they have blazed, and he is right now in New York getting his financial ducks in a row so he can soon go back to jolly old England and pitch it.

   7 July 1946, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 67:
   Even before leaving the Executive Mansion late Wednesday with Mrs. Truman the President had impressed his visitors as a man who had got his ducks in a row and was about to have some fun.

(From the carnival game of shooting ducks?  When was this game started?  Did the ducks fall into a duck soup?--ed.)