[Ads-l] Antedating of "Jinx, v."

[Shapiro, Fred]

The OED's first use for "jinx" as a verb is dated 1917.  Edward J. Nichols, An Historical Dictionary of Baseball Terminology 39 (1939) cites _New York Tribune_, 21 Apr. 1912, although it is possible that the usage cited is as a noun.

Fred Shapiro

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