antedating: eggnog (c1774)

[Joel S. Berson]

I assume this kills Heidi Harley's joyeux noel -- but do these two
dictionaries have a quote from 1775, or just a quote from Boucher's
1807 book?  The former would be an antedating; the latter is too late
to be useful, I think.

Joel

At 12/26/2007 03:34 PM, Joanne M. Despres wrote:
>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:
> >
> > http://heideas.blogspot.com/2007/12/antedated-eggnog.html
> >
> >
> > --Ben Zimmer
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