[Ads-l] Antedating of "Foxtrot"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Tue Jun 7 22:14:23 UTC 2022


foxtrot (OED, 2., 1915)

1914 _Standard Union_ (Brooklyn, N.Y.) 16 July 2/3 (Newspapers.com)

The Admiral and Mrs. Dewey watched exhibitions of the maxixe and fox trot at the Wednesday afternoon dansant.

Fred Shapiro

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