[Ads-l] Antedating of "Water Polo"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Jan 22 18:25:07 UTC 2022


water polo (OED 1875)

1873 The Standard (London) 13 Sept. 1/7 (Newspapers.com)  CRYSTAL PALACE ... SWIMMING and WATER SPORTS ... Water Polo.

Fred Shapiro

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