[Ads-l] Antedating of "Kazoo"

[Shapiro, Fred]

kazoo (OED 1884)

Wikipedia states: "The first documented appearance of a kazoo was that created by an American inventor, Warren Herbert Frost,[4]<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazoo#cite_note-Harness-4> who named his new musical instrument kazoo in his patent<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent> #270,543 issued on January 9, 1883. The patent states, 'This instrument or toy, to which I propose to give the name 'kazoo' "

Fred Shapiro

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