Modern Meaning of "Gory" Not in OED

[Fred Shapiro]

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:

> We don't have anything earlier than this in our electronic
> files. But I've put in a drafting suggestion for this, thanks.

The earliest occurrence of "gory details" yielded by Google Print appears
to be in 1873 James Madison Haswell _Napoleon III_ 268.

Fred Shapiro


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