[Ads-l] Antedating of "Dicty" (Adjective and Noun)

[Shapiro, Fred]

dicty (OED, n., 1916; adj., 1920)

1907 Advocate (Charleston, West Virginia) 2 May 1/6 (Newspapers.com)  The "dicty" naval officers ... are inclined to be "put out" over the prospect of having an officer of the black republic present.

1910 Bee (Washington, D.C.) 10 Dec. 4/5 (Newspapers.com)  Henry Lincoln resides somewhere in the Southwest ... as a result little is seen of him in the Northwest, where most of the "dicties" parade.

Fred Shapiro



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