[Ads-l] "Phoney" / "Phony"

Shapiro, Fred 00001ac016895344-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
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I see now that Garson O'Toole and Peter Reitan some years ago pushed "phoney" / "phony" back to 1888 and 1889.

Fred Shapiro

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