[Ads-l] Antedating of "Killer-Diller"

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killer-diller (OED 1938)

1937 Los Angeles Times 6 July 9/2 (Newspapers.com)

You'll hear ... a Goodman "killer-diller" arrangement of "Bugle Call Rag."

Fred Shapiro

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