Antedating of "Hobo" (1886); Tavern Sandwich

[Sam Clements]

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> HOBO:
> Whew! That was close! Thought I'd lost another one!

Actually, you did.  Stephen antedated it by two days. But your cite was
still the potentially most useful.

 Stephen Goranson=
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0709C&L=ADS-L&P=R5587&I=-3

BP=
http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0606D&L=ADS-L&P=R10273&I=-3&m=43412

Sam

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