[Ads-l] Antedating of "Props" (Due Respect)

[Shapiro, Fred]

props (OED 1990)

1989 Chicago Metro News 3 June 4 (GenealogyBank)

In a school system 65 percent Black, no one can expect the Black community to sit back and watch the superintendency snatched away and, secondly, Dr. Byrd should be given all his props and allowed to compete for his own job in the same manner that other candidates will.

Fred Shapiro

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