Antedating of "Chocoholic"

[Douglas G. Wilson]

Even more:

 From N'archive:

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_Oakland [CA] Tribune_, 30 Sep. 1952: p. 21:

<<Former Coffee-holic? / .... / There are also people who can't drink
coffee today. Probably in their past generation there was a person who
was a coffee-holic.>>

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_San Antonio [TX] Light_, 6 Dec. 1959: p. '109':

<<... the "compulsive gambler" (who might be called a "bet-aholic") ....>>

[term used multiply]

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-- Doug Wilson

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