[Ads-l] Still Further Antedating of "Phony" / "Phoney"

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phony / phoney (OED 1893)

1887 Republican (St. Louis) 27 May 3/5 (Newspapers.com)

AL CHAPMAN travelling in Nebraska for H. T. Simon, Gregory & Co., is called "the phony diamond" by the boys.

Fred Shapiro




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