[Ads-l] Antedating of "Chain Gang"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Tue Apr 8 01:03:42 UTC 2025

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chain gang (OED 1834)

1813 New-York Evening Post 7 Sept. 3 / 4 (Newspapers.com)

The chain gang of culprit's [sic] is delivered to their owners.

Fred Shapiro

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