[Ads-l] Antedating of "Decathlon"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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decathlon (OED 1912)

1910 Sun (N.Y.) 26 June III. 8/4 (Newspapers.com)

OLYMPIC EVENTS FOR 1912 ... Then there will be a decathlon, or ten event all around.


Fred Shapiro

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