Antedating of "Rag"

[Fred Shapiro]

rag (OED, n.5, 1896)

1891 _Topeka Weekly Call_ 16 Aug. in Lynn Abbott & Doug Seroff _Out of
Sight_ (2002)  The Jordan Hall "rags," which are held in Tennessee town
weekly, are a nuisance and should be abated.

Fred Shapiro


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