[Ads-l] Antedating of "Heebie-Jeebies"

[Shapiro, Fred]

heebie-jeebies (OED 1923 [26 Oct.])

1923 Daily News (Chicago) 2 Aug. 15/2 (GenealogyBank)

To baffle human ills, in the gamut between the rheumatism and the heebie-jeebies, go to the laboratory instead of the hospital.

NOTE: This citation appears to undermine the attribution by HDAS and Green to the Barney Google comic strip as the source of "heebie jeebies," since the citation is earlier than the first appearance of the term in the comic.

Fred Shapiro

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