[Ads-l] "kazoo" in an 1882 novel--etymology hints?

[Stephen Goranson]

Given what Fred Shapiro noted [A] maybe consider [B]

[B]
Naughty New York, or, The apron strings relaxed :
a novel of the period ; being a truthful narrative of a weeks jollification of three young benedicts ... /
Nathan D[ane] Urner [aka O. N. Looker]
1882
English [Book]  Book 192 pages ; 17 cm
New York : American News Co.,

Many uses of kazoo, "reeling pipe," extended noisy pre-wedding jamboree, etc.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435017812041&seq=3&q1=kazoo

Stephen G

I'd give more on this, but am working on Philo's mentions of proto-Sadducees and proto-Pharisees



[A]

kazoo (OED 1884)

1882 Boston Weekly Globe 12 Dec. 5/7 (Newspapers.com)

KAZOO  The Great Egyptian MUSICAL WONDER  Found among the ruins of the Pyramids.  Any tune played upon it, without practice, by man, woman, or child.  Imitates all birds, beasts, animals, or human beings. ... Kazoo Manufacturing Co., Boston, Mass.


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