[Ads-l] Antedating of "Greaser"

[Shapiro, Fred]

greaser (OED, 2.a., 1848)

1846 The American Flag (Matamoros, Temaulipas, Mexico) 21 Oct. 5/1 (Portal to Texas History)

The driver ... pulls in the reins and tells them not to start until he cracks his whip – a thing he is careful of doing lest he should run over some "greaser" in the road.

Fred Shapiro

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