[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Hoodoo"
Shapiro, Fred
fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
Thu May 15 17:37:06 UTC 2025
hoodoo (OED 1868)
1865 New Berne (N.C.) Daily Times 30 Dec. 2/1 (Genealogy Bank)
The boot-black ... exclaimed: "I's done wid you, old witch man ! He's old king hoodoo, shuah !"
NOTE: The Daily Times item indicates that it is a reprint of the Cairo Democrat.
Fred Shapiro
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