spook

[Jonathan Lighter]

Not in OED in the sense of "an offensive or markedly unusual person;
weirdo.'"

HDAS files has 1942-1981. But the following is in a famous movie:

1953 Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, & Richard L. Breen _Niagara_ (film):
We wait three years for a honeymoon and then find we're spending it with a
couple of spooks!

JL

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