[Ads-l] Antedating of "Token" (Adjective)

[Shapiro, Fred]

token, adj. (OED, referring to symbolic gesture, 1960)

1941 Pittsburgh Courier 1 Nov. 3 (Newspapers.com)

PHIL CONNELLY, State president of the CIO, warned the FEPC about "token hiring" of minority groups, especially the Negro.

Fred Shapiro

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