[Ads-l] Antedating of "Saditty"

[Shapiro, Fred]

saditty (OED 1948)

1936 Ouachita Citizen (West Monroe, La.) 7 Feb. 5/3 (Newspapers.com)

The Monroe Packing Corporation's building rushed to completion. ... They were having their telephone installed Wednesday and the main office is looking real "seditty."

Fred Shapiro

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