[Ads-l] Antedating of "Bad-Mouth" (Verb)

[Shapiro, Fred]

bad-mouth, v. (OED 1941)

1933 Greenville (S.C.) News 24 Sept. 9/4 (Newspapers.com)

Members have settled down to steady golf, the brand that is bad-mouthed at the first tee and gloated over in the locker room after the completion of such a match.

Fred Shapiro

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