[Ads-l] on the fritz, antedated, 1899

[Stephen Goranson]

[start] To be perfectly candid—the Catholic Choir is on the 'fritz.' [end]

The Star of Hope, Sat. September 23, 1899, 16/1.
The same NY periodical has later uses.
American Prison Newspapers and JSTOR

Compare "'On the fritz' at Sing Sing"
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=37303

Stephen Goranson

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