[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Hippie"

[Shapiro, Fred]

hippie (OED 1948)

1939 New York Age 26 Aug. 10/1 (Newspapers.com)

The hippies had it set down that Thelma (Stylistics) Emanuel and Talmadge Allen were a twosome, when Billy Moore enters the picture and upsets the proverbial apple cart !  The going must be pretty sharp when even the experts can't figure things out.

Fred Shapiro



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