[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hopping John"

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hopping john (OED, 2., 1838)

1832 Charleston (S,C.) Daily Courier 13 Oct. 2/4 (Newspapers.com)

What other age
Can boast such things as these --
Good Hopping John too,
Made of "Goose craw pease ?"

Fred Shapiro

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