[Ads-l] Antedating of "Major Leaguer"

[Shapiro, Fred]

major leaguer (OED 1908)

1892 _Sun_ (N.Y.) 26 June 20/2 (Newspapers.com)  The young bloods ...will take the place of the major leaguers.

Fred Shapiro

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