[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Double Play"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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double play (OED 1867)

1860 _Brooklyn Times Union_ 6 Aug. 2/4 (Newspapers.com)

One double play was made by the Puts.

Fred Shapiro

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