[Ads-l] "in cahoot" 1827 antedating

[Ben Zimmer]

Here's the original article from the Augusta Chronicle:

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https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-jun-20-1827-1498092/
The Wanderer, "Barney Blinn--No. 2," Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, June 20,
1827, p.  6, col. 3
I ha'nt read newspapers for nothing -- Gin'ral Government and the
ministration are going in _cahoot_ to undermine and overrule the
undertakings of the free People of Georgia.
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I discussed this citation at length on Episode #77 of the podcast Lexicon
Valley (Jan. 10, 2016), all about the history of "in cahoots."

https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/slate-presents-lexicon-valley/e/45312205
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/dir-yq9ne-14b5e3e
https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-curious-case-of-a-conspiratorial-coinage/id500673866?i=1000360467901

On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 5:26 AM Stephen Goranson <goranson at duke.edu> wrote:

> OED*, Green's, M-W have 1829.
> Phenix [sic] Gazette, Alexandria VA, August 2, 1827 2/2:
> "From the Augusta (Georgia) Chronicle"
>
> "Gineral Government and the ministration are going in _cahoot_ to
> undermine and overrule the undertakings of the people of Georgia."
>
> *OED includes an "18.." quotation from Chronicles of Pineville, but that
> book, with changing texts, is from 1843ff.
>
>
> https://virginiachronicle.com/cgi-bin/virginia?a=d&d=PG18270802.1.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22in+cahoot+to%22-------
> Phenix Gazette 2 August 1827 — Virginia Chronicle: Digital Newspaper
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