Slight Antedating of "Boycott"

[Fred Shapiro]

boycott (OED 1880 [20 Nov.])

1880 _Boston Daily Globe_ 15 Nov. 1 (ProQuest)  At a meeting of 5000
people at Knockaurose, thirteen landlords and land agents were formally
"Boycotted."

Fred Shapiro


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