Further Antedating of "Phony"

[Fred Shapiro]

phony (OED 1900)

1896 _Wash. Post_ 3 Mar. 8 (ProQuest)  Detective McGlue and Policeman
Cooney captured two men yesterday in the act of working a clever "phoney"
game on the residents of the Third Precinct.

Fred Shapiro


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