[Ads-l] Antedating of "Rent Party"

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

Here's a cite that is possibly 1924. Usual caveats apply, but
searching for 1925 in the document show it as a future date.

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Survey/x1ka139HY5IC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22social%20parlor%22%20%22rent%20party%22



------ Original Message ------
From "Shapiro, Fred" <00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Date 07/12/2025 00:23:24
Subject Antedating of "Rent Party"

>rent party (OED 1925 [28 Oct.])
>
>1925 New Journal and Guide (Norfolk, Va.) 7 Mar. 7/2 (ProQuest)
>
>Negroes find money to meet these exorbitant rent charges by going without other things.  But they have other tricks.  One is the rent party ... A person invites friends in for the evening to dance and have a good time, and charges them 25 cents a couple.
>
>Fred Shapiro
>
>------------------------------------------------------------
>The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org