[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hokey"

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hokey (OED 1945)

1922 Variety 19 May 10/2 (ProQuest)

The current entertainment makes no pretensions to class.  It's just hokey frolic, gingered up by the comics and 16 choristers.

Fred Shapiro





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