[Ads-l] Antedating of "'Fro"

[Shapiro, Fred]

'fro (OED 1970 Dec. 14)

1970 Atlanta Journal 31 May Magazine 22 (Newspapers.com)

You're familiar with 'fro, aren't you — the Afro hairdos that some of us wear?

Fred Shapiro

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