[Ads-l] Antedating of "Grandfather Clause"

[Shapiro, Fred]

grandfather clause (OED 1899 [3 Aug.])

1899 News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) 13 Jan. 4/1 (Newspapers.com)

The "grandfather clause," as it is called, is the one we ought to insert in our amendment in preference to anything else.

Fred Shapiro

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