[Ads-l] Antedating of "Dude" (Eastern)

[Stephen Goranson]

Is this a claim of earlier use than in Origin of Term 'Dude'
By Gerald Leonard Cohen, Barry A. Popik and Peter J. Reitan, 2022?
Stephen G.
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Subject: Antedating of "Dude" (Eastern)

dude (OED, 2., 1884)

1883 Sunday Oregonian 15 Apr. 4/1 (Newspapers.com)

The eastern 'dude' is evidently looked upon as being worth preserving as a harmless curiosity.

Fred Shapiro

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