[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hush Puppy"

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hush puppy (OED 1899)

1879 Union County Journal (Maysville, Ohio) 2 Dec. 4/5 (Newspapers.com)

Jim Gillet ... trailed the long hair into the "hush puppy" gravy.

Fred Shapiro

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