Antedating of "Sneaker" by Firstmention

Shapiro, Fred Fred.Shapiro at YALE.EDU
Wed Dec 26 02:58:58 UTC 2007

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The site firstmention.com has an 1887 _New York Times_ citation for _sneaker_ 'type of shoe', antedating OED's 1895 first use.

Fred Shapiro

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