Antedating of "Sexy"

[Fred Shapiro]

sexy (OED 1928)

1925 _Coshocton_ (Ohio) _Tribune_ July 8 (Newspaperarchive.com)  Then the
mystterious lady novelist.  Her book, it is whispered, was suppressed.  Too sexy.

Fred Shapiro

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