antedating of car hop-1923
Sam Clements
SClements at NEO.RR.COM
Thu Nov 23 02:27:25 UTC 2006
OED has 1937. Newspaper Archive has some 1936 classifieds looking for female "car-hoppers."
NewpaperArchive also offers _The Lincoln(NE) State Journal, 22 June, 1923, p. 9
(Classified ad)
HELP WANTED-MALE
Wanted-Soda fountain boy and car hop. Call L7400 after 6 p.m.
Sam Clements
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