motorcade (1910)
Ben Zimmer
bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Fri May 17 18:55:43 UTC 2013
This NYT article on the history of the motorcade refers to the first OED cite
for the term, from 1911:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/magazine/who-made-that-motorcade.html
The cite is:
1911 _Postville (Iowa) Rev._ 24 Nov. 3/4 Here is a fine new word, 'motorcade'.
Do you get it?
Here it is from the previous year:
1910 _Rockford (Ill.) Republic_ 7 Nov. 2/6 [GenealogyBank] A motorcade of 32
automobiles touched Rockford today on the first half day of the 1020 mile
reliability grind, which is being run over the highways of Illinois.
--bgz
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