Antedating of "Bible Belt"

[Fred Shapiro]

Bible Belt (OED 1926)

1924 _Chicago Daily Tribune_ 19 Nov. 8 (ProQuest) [quoting _American
Mercury_]  The old game, I suspect, is beginning to play out, even in the
Bible Belt.

Fred Shapiro


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