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

[Andy Bach]

Would you post the last page with the rest of the definitions. I'm dying to
know "potchking" and "schlup" (though I've guess on that one ;-)?  Okay,
potchking is a Yiddishim (dawdling, stalling), though not sure why that'd
get his face slapped. "schlup", aside from a person living by a mudhole,
googles up nothing.

On Tue, Aug 26, 2025 at 8:43 AM Ben Zimmer <
00001aae0710f4b7-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:

> As a courtesy to those without the requisite subscription (and to help keep
> track of citations for future reference), it's always good to provide links
> to Newspapers.com clippings. Here is the 1952 article on "Coolspeak" with
> an accompanying glossary that includes the "ax" definition.
>
>
> https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greensboro-record-coolspeak/179745638/
>
> https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greensboro-record-coolspeak-2/179745685/
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <
> 00001aa1be50b751-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
>
> > Personal subscriptions to Newspapers.com have been available with
> different
> > levels of access. The most comprehensive  includes a supplementary
> database
> > 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
> > institutional subscriptions might not include the publisher’s extra
> > 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
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > > 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.
> > > >
> >
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