[Ads-l] Antedating of "Jackpot"

[Stephen Goranson]

1872 March 5 _Plain Dealer_ (Cleveland) 5 Mar p. 4 col. 6  (America's Historical Newspapers) 
Gambling Made Easy
Messrs. Editors :- I am credibly informed that the "boys" are using the East Cleveland street railway checks (the round India rubber affairs) for "chips" in playing poker--they "break jack pots" with them.

Stephen Goranson
http://people.duke.edu/~goranson/
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Subject: [ADS-L] Antedating of "Jackpot"

jackpot (OED 1881)

1873 _Plain Dealer_ (Cleveland) 10 Sept. 3 (America's Historical Newspapers)  Jim plays the game just as though he never was going to have another "sesh" -- go in _every_ time -- stay in to every "Jack pot" whether he had "busters" or not until the boys made up their minds they'd "blow him out," which they have practiced on Jim until, as you see, he _squawks_.

Fred Shapiro

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