[Ads-l] Antedating of "Ragtime" (Verb)

[Shapiro, Fred]

ragtime, v. (OED 1908)

1899 Oakland Enquirer 1 Apr. 4/4 (Newspapers.con)

The people who cannot enjoy either the classical or the really musical are going further.  They have ragtimed and cakewalked and Honolulued until no one wants more of it.

Fred Shapiro

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