"rave" in Variety or earlier? (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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While searching for pre-1926 uses of "rave", I ran across the following.
It's not relevant to your question, but does bear repeating.


July 1 1921 _Variety_ p. 17. col 2.
"Her "cute" stuff, with impressions of a soubret, "Rough Neck Tillie,"
who craved cave-man love, and a French maid bit composed the first
portion of the routine."

Is "cave-man love" cited in OED?



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> I know there are some _Variety_ fans here, so I thought I'd
> ask if anyone can find an example of _rave_ 'enthusiastic
> review' in that periodical (or, for that matter, any other)
> before 1926.  OED's earliest example is from the _American
> Mercury_ in December 1926, referring to _rave_ as a _Variety_
> coinage, but an earlier effort was unable to find an example
> in _Variety_ itself.
>
> Has anyone done any work on this? I thought we might have
> discussed it at some point but there's nothing I can see in
> the archives.
>
> Jesse Sheidlower
> OED
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