[Ads-l] Antedating of "'Fro"

[mr_peter_morris@outlook.com]

Possible antedating.

A list titled "Current Slang".   Google dated to 1967.
Searching the text indicates it is probably  1968-70.

Google search says it contains entry:
Fro , n . An Afro hair style

Google snippet view does not show these words.

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Current_Slang/SWVXAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22afro%22+%22fro%22+hair&dq=%22afro%22+%22fro%22+hair&printsec=frontcover




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From "Shapiro, Fred" <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU<mailto:fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>>
To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU<mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Date 19/03/2025 00:17:12
Subject Antedating of "'Fro"

'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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