[Ads-l] Antedating of "Malapropism"

[James Eric Lawson]

"...far-fetched Malapropism [sc. cocularity]...subsequently killed, as 
boatswain of a line-of-battle ship."

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433008489191&view=1up&seq=145&q1=far-fetched

On 1/11/23 10:53, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
> malapropism (OED 1830)
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> 1826 Naval Sketch-Book (2nd ed.) 1:146 (Google Books)  This is no far-fetched Malapropism; the man who made use of this expression was subsequently killed.
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> Fred Shapiro
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