[Ads-l] Slight Antedating of "Ashy" (African American Sense)

[Shapiro, Fred]

ashy (OED, additional sense, 1918 [15 Mar.])

1918 Washington Bee 2 Mar. 7/1 (Newspapers.com)

Rough and "ashy" skin can be made as smooth as velvet.

Fred Shapiro



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