[Ads-l] Antedating of "Bronx CHeer"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Bronx cheer (OED 1929)

“Princeton’s defeat by Annapolis is regretted here [in Chicago] as the Staggs say if they win in the East it won’t be held as such-a-much, whereas if Chicago loses the East will grin and give Western football the jolly old Bronx cheer.” Damon Runyon, United Press, “Chicago University Will Invade Princeton’s Lair,” Washington Post, October 19, 1921, p16.

NOTE: This antedating was found by Ken Liss.

Fred Shapiro

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