[Ads-l] Antedating of "Low Key" (Adjective, Figurative)

[Shapiro, Fred]

low key (OED, adjective, 2., 1941)

1936 Springfield (Mass.) Daily Republican 8 June 5/4 (Newspapers.com)

"The Welder," a low key action picture ... won recognition at the Mardi Gras salon at New Orleans and the Boston international salon.

Fred Shapiro


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