Antedating of 'offbrand' (1929)

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 11:52:49PM -0500, Sam Clements wrote:
> DARE has 1960, according to HDAS.
> M-W has 1946.  OED is working on it.

The DARE, and hence HDAS quotes, are in an extended sense, not
the literal one as you attest here. In any case OED now has an
1892 example of the noun, albeit in a figurative context. This
does antedate our earliest example of the adjective; thanks.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED