Antedating of "Gangster"
Fred Shapiro
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Mon Nov 6 19:58:31 UTC 2006
gangster (OED 1896)
1887 _Daily Inter Ocean_ 21 Oct. 4 (19th Century U.S. Newspapers) To the
mind's eye of the once defiant gangster the walls of Joliet loom ever more
plainly in view.
Fred Shapiro
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