[Ads-l] Antedating of "Tea Party" (Marijuana)

[Shapiro, Fred]

tea party (OED, 2.c., 1944)

1936 Daily Herald (London, Eng.) 21 Feb. 1/3 (Newspapers.com)

Smoking of dope cigarettes is spreading among British dance musicians.  The habit is fairly common among American Negro musicians ... It is becoming an increasingly common sight in London's smaller "speak-easies" to see "reefers" being passed round a "tea-party."

Fred Shapiro



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