[Ads-l] Further Slight Antedating of "Jeep"

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED: Aug. 13, 1940.

All from Newspapers.com.

Aug. 10 may or may not refer to the 1/4-ton "jeep."  The Canadian ex. is
surprising.

1940 _Saskatoon Star-Phoenix_ (July 26) 3: Troops in "Jeeps" Make
Impression..riding eight to a "jeep," or military truck.

1940 _Courier-Journal_  (Louisville, Ky.) (July 28) 56:  Motorized since
1936, the battery recently got new trucks and this [large] command car,
"The Jeep," for the staff.

1940 _Herald-News (Passaic, N.J.) (Aug. 10) 11: Other things new in the
44th [Infantry Division] M.P. unit [at Fort Dix]  are...what the boys call
affectionately the "jeep," a reconnaissance command car.

JL



On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 8:03 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:

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> 1941 _Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light_ (Corsicana, Tex.) 4 Feb. 2
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> om)  All Navarro county units are now receiving ... a number of smaller
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