[Ads-l] Antedating of "Raggy" (Pertaining to Ragtime)

[Shapiro, Fred]

raggy (OED, adj3, 1907)

1898 St. Joseph (Mo.) Daily Gazette 18 Dec. 12/4 (Newspapers.com)

He [Arthur Pryor] makes more of the piano than ever before, his rag-time music being far and away better than that of any professional we remember to have heard.  His song, "A Raggy Baby," with words by Izak Stone, is one of the hits of the season.

Fred Shapiro

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