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

[David Daniel]

Merriam-Webster has bobby-soxer from 1943.
DAD


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De: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] Em nome de
Shapiro, Fred
Enviada em: domingo, 25 de fevereiro de 2024 09:52
Para: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Assunto: Antedating of "Bobby-Soxer"

Poster:       "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
Subject:      Antedating of "Bobby-Soxer"
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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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