Not separating the geep from the shoats (and the OED)

[Joel S. Berson]

At 4/7/2014 05:41 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

>On Mon, Apr 7, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > OED, "shoat, n.3", first published 1993.
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>Is there still a "shoat" connected to swine?

At least through 1904.  It's n.2.  First published 1914, not yet fully updated.

Joel




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