gimme antedating (1675)

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM
Sat Jul 23 22:34:57 UTC 2005


OED lists "gi'me" as a spelling variant of "give me," but finds no exx. of either one before 1883.

1675 _The Woman turn'd Bully_  (London: T. Dring)  II i  Sweet-heart, prethee gi'me t'other Glass.

JL

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