[Ads-l] Antedating of "cruitie"

[Mark Mandel]

Uh??? *Crudités*?

MAM


On Sat, Oct 8, 2022, 10:42 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Recruit. HDAS: 1847. Not in OED.
>
> 1838  “Man-of-War’s-Man” _Maritime Sketches_ (Boston: pvtly. ptd.) 100: It
> might do some of those _cruities_ a little service, who are going on the
> Mediterranean, in the ship Ohio.
>
> JL
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