[Ads-l] Fw: Antedating of "Hokum"

[Bill Mullins]

slightly earlier:

1906 New York _Evening World's Home Magazine_ 27 Jan 9/7
But it's the auto with effects that's the sure-fire hokum in musical comedies these days.


>  hokum (OED 1917)
>
>  1906 _Evening World_ (N.Y.) 3 Mar. 9/5 (Newspapers.com)  What's sure-fire hokum? Well, it all
>  depends. If it is for a lady star you can use two kinds of hokum.
>
>  Fred Shapiro


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