[Ads-l] Slight Further Antedating of "Soap Opera"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sat Jan 7 17:20:32 UTC 2023


soap opera (OED 1939)

1938 Cincinnati Post 2 Mar. 20/1 (Newspapers.com)  McKay Morris ... signed as regular member of the soap opera "Ma Perkins."

Fred Shapiro

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