Antedating of "Birdie" in Golf
Fred Shapiro
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Wed Apr 16 18:14:03 UTC 2003
Perhaps Barry can beat this using the Washington Post...
birdie. n. (OED, 2., 1921)
192 _N.Y. Times_ 12 Sept. 10 There is practically no special American
golf slang. They talk about shooting a round in a certain score, and when
they play a hole under par they call it "Birdie."
Fred Shapiro
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