Antedating of chump(1934)

[Sam Clements]

That'll teach me to have two windows open at the same time.  :(

Guess I'm the chump.

It was an antedating of "dogpile"

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Benjamin Zimmer" <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: Antedating of chump(1934)


> Quoting Sam Clements <SClements at NEO.RR.COM>:
>>
>> 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."
>
> Don't leave us hanging-- where's the chump? (Or is this antedating
> something
> else?)
>
>
> --Ben Zimmer
>
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