[Ads-l] Antedating of "spine-tingling"

[Steven Losie]

SPINE-TINGLING (OED3, 1955)

[begin quote]
His sport is the kind that thrills—the shivery, spine-tingling sport that
converts a bored grandstand crowd into a hatless, throaty mob of wild-eyed
enthusiasts, with but one cry and that of acclaim for Oldfield.
[end quote]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Oct 1903, p.28, col.6 (ProQuest
Historical Newspapers)
Article title: Barney Oldfield Will Race Here
Author: Waldemar Young

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