[Ads-l] Still Further Antedating of "Geeky"

[Shapiro, Fred]

geeky (OED 1981)

1944 Oakland Tribune 10 Feb. Editorial Page/3 (Newspapers.com)

A geeky, small time hoodlum, an unpretentious gink ... Was sweating in the pokey, was beefing in the clink.

Fred Shapiro

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