Shysters (1848)

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   "Thumnail" I just typed?  I'm all thumbs.  I had meant to say "epigram."
   A day pass is $4.95.  You can get five newspapers for free, but don't do
that--it's just five newspapers.
   I must remind all to keep this information away from Sam Clements, or I'm
done for.
   You have to type "shyster" and "shysters," it appears. This is the
earliest:

Dixon Evening Telegraph - 2/23/1848
...every gangof moral terrorists, bigots and SHYSTERS in the country
political, religious..
Dixon, Illinois Wednesday, February 23, 1848  917 k