Antedating of "Unquote"

[Fred Shapiro]

unquote (OED 1935)

1921 _Chicago Daily Tribune_ 6 July 19 (ProQuest)  Marconigram ... I KNEW
HER WHEN SHE WAS A QUOTE BEAR UNQUOTE PERIOD.

Fred Shapiro


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