Antedating of "Humdinger"
Stephen Goranson
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Sat Jun 7 14:56:54 UTC 2014
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Stephen
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From: American Dialect Society... on behalf of Shapiro, Fred...
Subject: [ADS-L] Antedating of "Humdinger"
humdinger (OED 1905)
1896 _Daily Register Gazette_ (Rockford, Illinois) 7 Apr. 2 (America's Historical Newspapers) (advertisement) A Good Thing Push It Along That's what everyone says when they see our Cabs; they are beauties, ball bearings, removable upholstering. A nice one, only ..... $5.00 A natty one, only .... 8.00 A nobby one, only .... 10.00 A beauty, only ....... 12.00 A humdinger, only ... 15.00.
Fred Shapiro
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