[Ads-l] Antedating of "Horse" (= Heroin)

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horse (OED, 15., 1950)

1949 Michigan Chronicle 26 Nov. 3/3 (ProQuest)

I asked her to get a capsule of "Horse" (heroin) for me.

Fred Shapiro

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