[Ads-l] antedating "French safe"

[Pete Morris]

And another also from 1856

https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Private_Botanic_Guide_to_Health_a_Tr/4J1kAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22French+male+SAFE%22&pg=PA93&printsec=frontcover


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>From "Pete Morris" <mr_peter_morris at outlook.com>
To "American Dialect Society" <ADS-L at listserv.uga.edu>
Date 17/08/2026 16:24:23
Subject Re[2]: antedating "French safe"

>Here's a cite from 1856
>https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_People_s_Medical_Lighthouse/5fc2AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22French+male+SAFE%22&pg=PA391&printsec=frontcover
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>From "Laurence Horn" <00001c05436ff7cf-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Date 17/08/2026 00:37:44
>Subject Re: antedating "French safe"
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>>Thus slightly trailing the "French letter" (1856).
>>
>>On Sun, Aug 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM Jonathan Lighter <
>>00001aad181a2549-dmarc-request at listserv.uga.edu> wrote:
>>
>>>  OED: 1868. All from N.:
>>>
>>>  1859 _Baraboo [Wis.] Republic_ (Dec. 8) 4: FRENCH MALE SAFES...50 cts.
>>>  each.
>>>
>>>  1860 _Memphis Daily Argus_ (Sept. 25) 4: Dr. THOMSON has for sale the
>>>  newly invented French SAFE, a sure preventive against disease and
>>>  pregnancy.
>>>
>>>  1865 _Mountain Democrat_ (Placerville, Calif.) (Apr. 8) 3: The newly
>>>  invented Patent French Safe, a sure preventive against disease and
>>>  pregnancy.
>>>
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