antedating: eggnog (c1774)

[Joanne M. Despres]

Sorry to be a killjoy, but Mitford Mathews's _Dictionary of
Americanisms_ and William Craigie's _Dictionary of American
English_ both quote this passage, dating it ca. 1775.

Joanne

On 23 Dec 2007, at 2:06, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:

> Just in time for the holidays, a fine antedating from Heidi Harley:
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> http://heideas.blogspot.com/2007/12/antedated-eggnog.html
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> --Ben Zimmer
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