[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Bopper"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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bopper (OED 1957)

1947 Chicago Defender 13 Sept. 18 (ProQuest)

Then came Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, next, the top "bopper" of them all — Dizzy Gillespie.

Fred Shapiro

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