Antedating of "Hoodlum"

[Fred Shapiro]

On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Fred Shapiro wrote:

> Thanks for this excellent information.  Can you tell us what the source
> for the above is (I'm not questioning its reliability, I'm just curious)?

OK, to answer my own question, I see the citation comes from the
Historical Dictionary of American Slang.

Fred Shapiro


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