[Ads-l] Antedating of "cruitie"

[Jonathan Lighter]

The indubitable etymon.

JL

On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 11:11 AM Mark Mandel <markamandel at gmail.com> wrote:

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