"A Gymnick"

[George Thompson]

          ***

     To persons, however, who are afflicted with the besetting evil of the
times, Dyspepsia, the amusements of the gymnasium offer the most certain,
the most speedy, and the most agreeable remedy.  ***  To all such, as well
as the sedentary, and likewise the youth of our city, gymnastic amusements
cannot be too strongly recommended.

     A GYMNICK.
     Morning Courier & N-Y Enquirer, October 8, 1831, p. 2, col. 4

OED has two senses: as an adjective meaning gymnastic, and as a noun meaning
gymnastics; here it is evidently "a gymnast".

GAT

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George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ.
Pr., 1998, but nothing much since then.

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