[Ads-l] Possible further antedating of Fox-trot

[Pete Morris]

A few weeks ago Fred gave us an antedating of 'Foxtrot'
OED 1915, Fred's cite 16 July 1914

Here are two  possible  further antedatings.

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possible 1910

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Illinois_Magazine/xopGAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22fox+trot%22&dq=%22fox+trot%22&printsec=frontcover

Note - apart from the usual caveats about Google dating,  it's not 100% 
clear from this brief snippet  that fox-trot in this context refers to 
the dance.  Fox-trot meant (I think) a fast walking pace, before it 
became the name of a dance. But they are discussing dancing on the same 
page.

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Illinois_Magazine/xopGAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22fox+trot%22+dance&dq=%22fox+trot%22+dance&printsec=frontcover


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Corn Pamphlets: The development of the corn plant (1910)

Huskin ' Jack ” had plenty of nerve He'd asked that visitin ' Boston 
girl To go to a dance and " try a whirl " Teaching a corn man the latest 
step The tango and fox trot— " he'd get hep ” To the newest things and 
maybe she'd say ...


https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=%22Teaching+a+corn+man+the+latest+step+The+tango+and+fox+trot%22&biw=1023&bih=432&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A1%2F1%2F1900%2Ccd_max%3A12%2F08%2F1914&tbm=bks&sxsrf=ALiCzsYr3oCa0jCps1ftQkieWUqmKdWSng%3A1658132604246&ei=fBjVYqPEDrXF8gLIuL2QDg&ved=0ahUKEwij8vamgYL5AhW1olwKHUhcD-I4ChDh1QMICQ&uact=5&oq=%22Teaching+a+corn+man+the+latest+step+The+tango+and+fox+trot%22&gs_lcp=Cg1nd3Mtd2l6LWJvb2tzEANQ5gdY7RNg-BZoAHAAeACAAXOIAfMCkgEDMi4ymAEAoAEBoAECwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz-books



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