Antedating: bumpology, 1826 (and 1831)

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 09:38:45AM -0400, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> George Cruikshank
> Feb. 24, 1826
> London: G. Humphrey
> etching, color.
>
> [title:]  Bumpology
>
> OED3:  1834-

Just to be pedantic, it's not OED3 that has an 1834 date, it's
OED2.  The entry is part of OED Online, but it's an unrevised
entry.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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