[Ads-l] Antedating of "scandal sheet"

[Steven Losie]

SCANDAL SHEET (OED, n. 1904)

[begin quote]
The "last paper" was "THE HUNTRESS," dated Washington city, edited by Ann
Royal. It was a scandal sheet, te[e]ming with grossly fulsome adulation of
some of the public officers, and with unmitigated abuse of others.
[end quote]

Source: The True Democrat (Paulding, MS), 2 December 1846, p.1, col.4
(Chronicling America)
Link:
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn87065542/1846-12-02/ed-1/?sp=1&q=%22scandal+sheet%22

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