[Ads-l] Antedating of "Ragtimey"

[Shapiro, Fred]

ragtimey (OED 1901)

1899 Truth (Sydney, Australia) 23 July 6/2 (Newspapers.com)

Ernest Hogan, the Unbleached American, entered at this junction, and took a deal in the discourse. ... From then on the interview became more Rag-Timey than the public could understand.

NOTE: Ernest Hogan was the first African American to produce and star in a Broadway show.

Fred Shapiro

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