[Ads-l] Antedating of "Straight Poker"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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straight poker (OED 1864)

1857 _Edgefield (S.C.) Advertiser_ 22 July 2/6 (Newspapers.com)  A party were engaged at "Straight Poker," two of whom were gamblers.

Fred Shapiro

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