[Ads-l] Antedating of "Handkerchief Head"

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handkerchhief head (OED 1917)

1909 Kansas City Times 25 Dec. 4/5 (Newspapers.com)

'You a fool, niggah,' said the handkerchief head African.

Fred Shapiro

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