[Ads-l] Antedating of "Uppity"

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Uppity (OED 1880)

1878 Bill Arp in Daily Constitution (Atlanta) 13 Oct. 1/5 (Newspapers.com)

There's another class of people that's supportin [sic] the parson ... them what's bigoty and uppity and finiky [sic].

Fred Shapiro

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