[Ads-l] Antedating of "Coed" (Person0
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Mon Apr 11 00:24:59 UTC 2022
coed (person) (OED 1893)
1880 Chicago Tribune 28 June 7/3 (Newspapers.com) There was [at Cornell] quite a clsas of lady graduates, who are styled by the other students "Co-Eds," as there is a general prejudice against coeducation among the latter.
Fred Shapiro
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