[Ads-l] Antedating of "Mulligan"

[dave@wilton.net]

That 1918 use is in an older sense of the word meaning a hard-hit ball. 
 
The earliest use of "mulligan" in the sense of a do-over that I've found is from 1931. That one is in the context of golf.
 
See [ https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/mulligan ]( https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/mulligan )
 
 
 
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mulligan (OED, n.2, 1936)

1918 _Ogden_ (Utah) _Standard_ 12 Oct. 17/3 (Newspapers.com)

If it is a bad ball, "off the wicket," he may take a "mulligan" at it and knock it over the fence, "out of bounds" they call it.

Fred Shapiro

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