[Ads-l] Antedating of "Square" (noun, opposite of "hip" person)

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Mon Mar 18 23:00:41 UTC 2024


square (OED, II. 16. a., 1944)

1938 Cab Calloway _Hi De Ho_ 14  Square an un-hip person.

Fred Shapiro

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