Antedating of "Movie"

[Fred Shapiro]

I have previously posted a May 1911 citation for the word "movie," earlier
than anything else in the OED or HDAS if the apparently erroneous 1902
citation is dismissed.  Here is a slightly earlier antedating, from
Ancestry.com:

1911 _Bucks County Gazette_ 24 Mar. 1  The Saturday evening pictures are
as usual "movies."

Fred Shapiro


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