[Ads-l] Equidating of "Bad" (= Good)

[Shapiro, Fred]

bad (OED, 12.,1897)

1897 St, Louis Post-Dispatch 12 Sept. 20/5 (Newspapers.com)

Following is the Thieves' Dictionary, compiled by "Sleepy" Burk, ex-convict, and published in his new paper, "The National X-Ray." ... Bad -- Good.

Fred Shapiro



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