Chipotle (1975)

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 07:16:30PM -0500, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>    OED doesn't have "chipotle."  That's not unexpected, but jeez, is OED horrible on food terms.
>    Merriam-Webster has "chipotle" ("a smoked and usually dried jalapeno") from only 1988.
>    This is a citation that will be destroyed by the online LOS ANGELES TIMES, but this is the earliest from the online full text NEW YORK TIMES, where there are 242 hits up to 1999:
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>    16 July 1975, NEW YORK TIMES, pg. 63:

Just to give you a target, the OED's draft entry for _chipotle_ has
a first cite from 1952.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED