good people (1894)

[Jonathon Green]

Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
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> Jonathon Green previously found "good people" (used for an individual)
> back to 1896:
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> Here it is in an 1894 list of New York slang terms in the Milwaukee
> Journal ("Street Slang Up To Date," reprinted from the New York
> World):
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More good stuff, Ben. Thanks.

JG

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