Antedating of "greasy spoon" (1902) corrected

Sam Clements SClements at NEO.RR.COM
Fri Jul 1 21:21:42 UTC 2005


It is indeed 1902.  My previous "subject" saying 1908 was incorrect.

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From: "Sam Clements" <SClements at NEO.RR.COM>
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Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 4:53 PM
Subject: Antedating of "greasy spoon" (1908)


M-W has ca.1925.  OED has 1925.  The ADS-L archive has a 1912 cite.

Using Newspaperarchive, _Nebraska State Journal_  20 May, 1902,  10/3

"Peter Christiansen, who rooms at the "Rusty Shovel" on North Sixteenth
street and who said he took his meals at the "Greasy Spoon," in the same
locality, ...."

Sam Clements



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