[Ads-l] Antedating of "Po' Boy"

[Jesse Sheidlower]

Barry Popik has this quotation in his entry for _po' boy_ (along with a couple of not-obviously-relevant precursors).

https://barrypopik.com/blog/po_boy_or_poor_boy

On Sat, Feb 07, 2026 at 12:50:19PM +0000, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
> po' boy (OED 1932)
> 
> 1929 New Orleans States 5 Nov. 2/2 (GenealogyBank)
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> Presently the tree-shaded courthouse lawn was dotted with groups gnawing at the huge sandwiches New Orleans knows as the "po-boy sandwich" — whole loaves of French bread split lengthwise and filled with a freight of ham, sausage or cheese — and drinking from bottles of pop.
> 
> Fred Shapiro
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