Siamese Connection (1879, 1884); Underdog (1884)

[Fred Shapiro]

Here's still earlier for "underdog":

1859 David Barker [is that name for real?] [poem entitled "The Under Dog
in the Fight"] in _Liberator_ 28 Oct. 172 [American Periodical Series] But
for _me_ -- and I care not a single fig If they say I am wrong or right --
I shall always go in for the _weaker_ dog, For the under dog in the fight.

Fred Shapiro


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