Daiquiri (1910); Southern Lunch Counter Slang (1896)

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 12:45:04AM -0400, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
> Various items...I had previously posted a 1914 "daiquiri" in  English...Any
> date for "nerd" in the second item?

It's the same quote as in the 1951 Newsweek cite OED gives as
its first quotation. Presumably Reader's Digest is reprinting
the Newsweek item.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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