[Ads-l] Antedating of "Rag" (Dancing Party)

[Shapiro, Fred]

rag (OED, n5, 1., 1891)

1886 Sedalia (Missouri) Weekly Bazoo 5 Oct. 8/1 (Newspapers.com)

There was a negro rag dance on Main street last night, but the orgies became so noisy the police made a descent and closed it.

Fred Shapiro

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