Antedatings in the Yale Book of Quotations -- 11 : Booboisie

[Fred Shapiro]

booboisie (OED Aug. 1922)

1922 _Wash. Post_ 22 Feb. 11 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)  A plot to
mulct the "booboisie" which might have been invented by an author of
get-rich-quick fiction was revealed by the Burns Detective agency here
today.

NOTE:  This story makes no mention of H. L. Mencken.

Fred Shapiro


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