[Ads-l] Slight Further Antedating of "Spoof"

[Shapiro, Fred]

I have only a slight antedating of the word "spoof," but I think that the word is of sufficient interest to present the antedating.  "Spoof" originated as the name of a game.  The OED's first citation is dated Dec. 13, 1884.  I have previously posted an August 2, 1884 citation.  I now see that the British Newspaper Archive has one from July 26, 1884.  I do not have full access to BNA, so let me just present the information I was able to get from that database:

... have been asked by several ignorant correspondents to enlighten them on the subject of the grand old national pastime of “Spoof,” which has been mentioned in this paper. Merely pausing to say that anyone writing Spouf is a liar and assassin, we proceed ...
Published: Saturday 26 July 1884
Newspaper: Sporting Times<https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results/1884-07-22/1884-07-28?newspaperTitle=Sporting%20Times>
County: London, England
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Fred Shapiro

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