[Ads-l] antedating (?) of jailbait

Pete Morris mr_peter_morris at OUTLOOK.COM
Sat Aug 13 22:58:38 UTC 2022


Etymology Online dates it as 1928.
Are any earlier sources known?

https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=jailbait


I found an article or story with the title 'Jail Bait'
Hearst's International Combined With Cosmopolitan
November 1925

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Hearst_s_International_Combined_with_Cos/tTogAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22jail+bait+%22&dq=%22jail+bait+%22&printsec=frontcover

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