[Ads-l] jitney antedatings, 1886, 2x, Ohio

[Stephen Goranson]

Reported at

https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/367660/why-did-jitney-become-slang-for-nickel
(includes some questionable other stuff)

or go to

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?state=Ohio&dateFilterType=range&date1=01%2F01%2F1886&date2=12%2F31%2F1886&language=&ortext=&andtext=jitney&phrasetext=&proxtext=&proxdistance=5&rows=20&searchType=advanced
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