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

[Bill Mullins]

>  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

Search newspapers.com for the past tense "jinxed" in the years up to 1911 and you see many cites, often in a baseball context.

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