Antedating of "Sunbelt"

[Fred Shapiro]

Sunbelt (OED 1969)

1920 _L.A. Times_ 2 Feb. II8 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  (heading)
Nine ball teams to begin training in Sun Belt.

1923 Grantland Rice in Boston Globe_ 11 Nov. 25 (ProQuest Historical
Newspapers)  Each round [of golf] may be the last for those who have no
plans ahead to follow the sunbelt.

1947 _N.Y. Times_ 7 Dec. 323 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  (heading) A
calendar of fiestas, fairs and Mardi Gras in the Sunbelt.

Fred Shapiro


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