[Ads-l] Antedating of "Bobby-Soxer"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Sun Feb 25 12:52:15 UTC 2024


bobby-soxer (OED 1944)

1943 _St. Louis Post-Dispatch_ 22 Sept. 1D/1 (Newspapers.com)

Donald O'Connor was escorted to a seat in the loges of the Pantages Theater by an usherette of the bobby-soxer type.

Fred Shapiro


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