Further Antedating of "Sexy"

[Jonathan Lighter]

I spoke too soon. Sorry all.

  JL

Fred Shapiro <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU> wrote:
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sexy (OED 1928)

1912 _Colorado Springs Gazette_ 1 Dec. 39 (Newspaperarchive) If a woman
is genuinely keen to win the affections of a man she is a universal woman
of the real sexy sort, even if the original setting of the plot is in
England, or New Hampshire, the British provinces or the New Jersey coast.

Fred Shapiro


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