[Ads-l] Lunatic fringe

[victor steinbok]

The OED has the earliest citation for lunatic fringe (hair style) from
1874. But then it jumps to 1960. Teddy Roosevelt gets the 1913 nod for
political meaning but there's nothing in between.

The link below is to Shamrock, Volume 14, 1877. It leads to a scornful poem
about Lunatic Fringe.

https://books.google.com/books?id=LadFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA272&dq=%22lunatic+fringe%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&ovdme=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjU_9WJ_OaBAxVJGFkFHVKlAPQQuwV6BAgIEAY#v=onepage&q=%22lunatic%20fringe%22&f=false

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