[Ads-l] Antedating of "Bargaining Chip"

[Shapiro, Fred]

bargaining chip (OED 1965)

1932 _Buffalo Evening News_ 31 Dec. 2/4 (Newspapers.com)

Great Britain's tariffs are bargaining chips of real value.

Fred Shapiro

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