[Ads-l] namby-pamby 1726; antedates OED3 2003 1745-

[Joel Berson]

My oversight -- I neglected to ask for full view of the Etymology.  But I did write that perhaps it should be bracketed, being a proper name use.

Joel


      From: Hugo <hugovk at GMAIL.COM>
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 Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 9:40 AM
 Subject: Re: [ADS-L] namby-pamby 1726; antedates OED3 2003 1745-
   
Henry Carey's 1726 poem satirising Ambrose Philips is discussed in the
etymology section of the OED online, including two 1726 quotations and a
1729.

Hugo

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