[Ads-l] Antedating of "Water Polo"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Tue Oct 8 23:37:24 UTC 2019


water polo (OED 1875)

1873 _Morning Post_ (London) 13 Sept. 1/4 (British Newspaper Archive)  CRYSTAL PALACE ... Hurdle Racing, Water Polo, Tea Drinking, Pole Walking, [etc.]

Fred Shapiro

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