[Ads-l] Antedating of "Nursery Rhyme"

[Shapiro, Fred]

nursery rhyme (OED 1816)

1807 Substance of the Speeches Delivered by Some Members of the Faculty of Advocates 47 (Google Books)  He [Walter Scott] hoped it would never be said of a family whom he loved and respected, that, in respect to this same ancient plaything, the nursery rhyme might be applied.

Fred Shapiro

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