[Ads-l] Antedating of "Blues" (Attributive)

[Shapiro, Fred]

blues, attributive (OED 1916)

1913 Freeman (Indianapolis) 7 June 6/2 (GenealogyBank)

It is Miss Lifton who is the greater drawing card of the team.  She is a "blues" song singer, such as perhaps the Crown has never seen before.

Fred Shapiro

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