[Ads-l] Antedating of "Line Drive"

[Shapiro, Fred]

line drive (OED 1931)

“Hines, for instance, hit three long line drives just where some one was waiting for him, and Anson, McVey, and White were similarly unlucky in having what seemed safe line hits fly right at a fielder.” Chicago Tribune, May 26, 1876, p8

NOTE: This antedating was found by Ken Liss.

Fred Shapiro

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org