[Ads-l] Antedating of "Rug Cutting" and "Cut a Rug"

[Shapiro, Fred]

rug cutting (OED 1937)  1932 Chicago Defender 19 Mar. 7/7 (Newspapers.com)  We have until Saturday, the 26th, to rest before the next "rug cutting" (dance).

cut a rug (OED 1940)  1939 Birmingham Post 6 Jan. 3/1 (Newspapers.com)  For "10 cents an hour" swing lovers in Birmingham will have opportunity to "cut a rug" aplenty the last two weeks in January.

Fred Shapiro





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