[Ads-l] Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

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called publisher’s extra. The basic subscription did not include
publisher’s extra. I do not know whether this system still exists.

The company may now force new subscribers to obtain full access, but legacy
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database . Garson

On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM Shapiro, Fred <
00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> Stephen,
>
> I got this citation through a personal subscription to Newspapers.com.  I
> believe the personal subscription covers sources not available through the
> institutional access.
>
> Fred Shapiro
>
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> From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of
> Stephen Goranson <00001dd3d6fc15d3-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Monday, August 25, 2025 5:15 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Antedating of "Ax" (Musical Instrument)
>
> As a former trumpet player, this caught my eye. I failed to find it on
> newspapers.com via Duke. Is this another case of different versions of a
> search engine?
> Ax from sax, then trumpet, before the electric guitar dominance era is
> possible, I suppose, though I also wonder about the context--"usually"?
>
> sg
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM Shapiro, Fred <
> 00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
>
> > ax (OED, n1, 5., 1955)
> >
> > 1952 Greensboro (N.C.) Record 24 May 1 / 4 (Newspapers.com0
> >
> > Ax — A musical instrument; usually a trumpet.
> >
> > Fred Shapiro
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