Antedating of "Soapbox"

[Fred Shapiro]

Ben Zimmer points out on alt.usage.english that OED has 1907 for the
figurative use of "soapbox" and 1918 for attributive usage, but that
ProQuest comes up with "soap-box orator" in _N.Y. Times_, 12 June 1906.

Fred Shapiro


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