[Ads-l] Antedating of "On the Down-Low"

[Shapiro, Fred]

I believe that my previous antedating of sense 1.b. of "on the down-low" was not really an example of sense 1.b. but rather was a non-antedating of sense 1.a.  Below is an antedating of all senses of "on the down-low":

on the down-low (OED, 1992 [23 May])

1992 Call and Post (Cleveland) 19 Mar. 8/4 (ProQuest)

Cooly kicks subtle science on, "Up High on the Down Low," in which he calmly gives examples of people who get caught up in the seductive high of materialism and drugs.

Fred Shapiro

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