Antedating of chump(1934)
Sam Clements
SClements at NEO.RR.COM
Sun Jul 29 00:07:36 UTC 2007
HDAS has 1945.
Using Newspaperarchive _Centralia(WA) Daily Chronicle_ 23 May 1934, pg. 6 (An article about a wrestling match).
"The winning fall was partly to the credit of Our Nick, the referee, who fell atop Cox in the thrid round and held him until Shanahan joined the dogpile."
Sam Clements
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