[Ads-l] Antedating of "Blow" (Cocaine)

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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blow, n. (cocaine) (OED 1971)

1969 Detroit Free Press 7 Dec. 48 (Newspapers.com)  In the ghetto they have the slang terminology. ... Scag, which they now call blow, because you sniff it through your nose like cocaine.

Fred Shapiro

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