Antedating of "Borscht Belt"

[Jonathan Lighter]

HDAS has "Borscht Circuit" from '36.

JL


On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 9:08 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>wrote:

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> borscht belt (OED 1940)
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> 1937 _Variety_ 2 June 47 (Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive)  With
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> e injection of class into the borscht belt's entertainment end, there has
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> ome also the elimination to some extent of the petty rackets practiced by
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> he agents who dominated this field for so long.
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> Fred Shapiro
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