A new word?

[Fred Shapiro]

On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC wrote:

> OED has 1955 for karate
>
> "Barefoot, Barehand Japs Learn Karate" By Duane Hennessy
> The Washington Post (1877-1954); Mar 16, 1947; pg. M11
> "It's a combination of boxing, wrestling and kicking called karate."

I posted this here in 2004, then someone whose identity is masked in the
archives contributed a slightly earlier 1947 citation, which then was
pushed back slightly more within 1947 by Sam Clements.

Fred Shapiro


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