[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hood" (Neighborhood)

[Shapiro, Fred]

hood (OED, n.3, 1967)

1966 Tulsa World 19 Dec. 4/7 (Newspapers.com)

It [a Chicago gang] grew in power and in terror until it could drive hundreds of non-Ranger students from the local high school and rip up the "hood" — local slang for the neighborhood.

Fred Shapiro


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