Antedating: bumpology, 1826 (and 1831)
Jesse Sheidlower
jester at PANIX.COM
Wed Jun 4 17:33:25 UTC 2008
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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