[Ads-l] Antedating of "Bluesy"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Thu Jan 30 11:48:40 UTC 2025


bluesy (OED 1933)

1932 Rayne (La.) Acadian-Tribune 16 Sept. 1/4 (Newspapers.com)

The entertaining features of the program were ... "bluesy music" by the Werner Jug Band.

Fred Shapiro

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