Antedating of "Wild Card"

[Dan Goncharoff]

The Washington herald. (Washington, D.C.), March 02, 1920

New and extravagant games, involving the
use of many jokers and " wild" cards
are becoming more and more popular.

DanG


On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>wrote:

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> wild card (OED 1940)
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> 1925 _Chicago Daily Tribune_ 13 Jan. 16 (ProQuest Historical Newspapers)
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> our friendly enemies do not know what your original wild card is.
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