[Ads-l] Antedating of "Simoleon"

[Shapiro, Fred]

simoleon (OED 1896)


1881 _Puck_ 13 Apr. 9 (American Periodical Series)  And thereupon he goeth down town, and the Nassau Street auctioneer scoopeth him in with a three-trade-shekel chromo and a genuine old master for seven simoleons.


Fred Shapiro




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