Antedatings in The Yale Book of Quotations - 28: Smoke-Filled Room

[Fred Shapiro]

The OED's first citation for _smoke-filled_ is 14 June 1920 in the
political usage.  See Yale Book of Quotations for 2 Apr. 1920 political
citation.  I believe a ProQuest or Newspaperarchive search will yield
earlier citations in nonpolitical usage.

Fred Shapiro


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