Antedating of "Jitterbug"

[Mark Mandel]

Very nice!

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

> OED and HDAS have as their first use of "jitterbug" a 1934 song by Cab
> Calloway.  ProQuest produces a slightly earlier citation:
>
> 1933 _New York Amsterdam News_ 6 Dec. 7 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
>  Are you a "


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Mark Mandel

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