[Ads-l] Antedating of "Peekaboo" (Adjective, Boxing)

[Shapiro, Fred]

peekaboo (OED, adj. 3., 1960)

1958 Daily News (New York) 12 July 28/4 (Newspapers.com)

[Floyd] Patterson has been fighting since he was a little kid.  He had built a strong body and developed what I call a peek-a-boo style — gloves up close to the cheeks with the elbows protecting the stomach, a lot like Archie Moore.

Fred Shapiro

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