[Ads-l] beatnicks 1958

[Stephen Goranson]

Friday, June 20, 1958. Slight (maybe–double check) antedating (?) of OED beatnik (which does not note beatnick spelling).
Madera Daily News-Tribune 2/5
[….] hangouts on upper Grant Ave [S.F.], where the bearded beatnicks and their girlfriends congregate.
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SG

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