[Ads-l] Antedating of "Jigsaw Puzzle"

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Mary Roberts Rinehart, _When a Man Marries_ 1909, 311:

https://archive.org/details/whenmanmarries00rine/page/311/mode/1up?q=%22jig-saw%22

Aunt Selina was working over a jig-saw puzzle in the library, and declaring that some of it must be lost.


On Monday, October 5th, 2026 at 9:34 PM, Pete Morris <mr_peter_morris at OUTLOOK.COM> wrote:

> Popular Mechanics July 1911
> 
> https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Popular_Mechanics/Y3w3AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22jigsaw+puzzle%22&pg=PA67&printsec=frontcover
> 
> 
> ------ Original Message ------
> From "Shapiro, Fred" <00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> To ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Date 01/10/2026 23:56:55
> Subject Antedating of "Jigsaw Puzzle"
> 
> >jigsaw puzzle (OED 1912)
> >
> >1873 Queanbeyan Age (New South Wales, Australia) 18 Dec. 5 (Newspapers.com)
> >
> >JIG-SAW PUZZLES FREE — ASK FOR PARTICULARS.
> >
> >Fred Shapiro

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