antedating "Easter bunny/ rabbit"

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 10:03:29AM -0400, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> Both: 1900 OED
>
> 1881 _Lebanon [Pa.] Daily News_ (Apr. 16) : Easter Eggs. ...In this
> instance the Easter rabbit did not pass us by.

Actually the OED entry was just updated, and this is our current first
quote.

Jesse Sheidlower
OED

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