razzle-dazzle (1885)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

razzle-dazzle (OED2/MWCD11 1889)

1885 _Daily Democratic Times_ (Lima, Ohio) 14 Dec. 3/4 Three brothers,
Taylor, John and William Oakes, in the lightning-rod business, were
arraigned before 'Squire Jas. May, at Celina, Saturday on a charge of
black-mailing Joseph Selby out of $600 with crooked contracts for
rods, as the evidence showed they had given Selby the razzle-dazzle
for $300 in cash and a team of horses.
[NPA]

1886 _Atlanta Constitution_ 10 Aug. 8/4 The Champions were given the
razzle dazzle by the Nashville team yesterday and dropped down five
points in the race for the pennant.
[HNP Doc ID 527062362]


--Ben Zimmer

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