bludgeon antedated (?) to 1729
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Jul 15 16:03:25 UTC 2012
Note that Eighteenth Century Collections Online has an occurrence in a source dated 1722?, and also one dated 1723.
Fred Shapiro
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Subject: bludgeon antedated (?) to 1729
OED has 1730.
News.
Staffetta Italiana or The Italian Post (London, England), Thursday, January 30, 1729; Issue 7. (5184 words). p. 4 col. 2.
Mr. Bambridge stro k [sic] him over the heard with a Bludgeon, whereupon Sir William stabb'd him in the Breast with a Shoemaker's knife,...
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