[Ads-l] Still Further Antedating of "Square" (Opposite of "Hip")

[Shapiro, Fred]

square, n. (OED, 16.a., 1944, Green 1943)

1936 Daily News (New York) 26 June 48/1 (Newspapers.com)

Notes for a Harlem dictionary, by Lucky Millinder, the Blue Rhythm bandsman ... A square — an ignoramus, one who can easily be robbed.

Fred Shapiro

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