antedating "Easter bunny/ rabbit"
Jesse Sheidlower
jester at PANIX.COM
Thu Apr 5 14:37:40 UTC 2012
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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