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Earlier quotations for Amerindian loanwords in English

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International Journal of Lexicography, 1 (4): 343--353 (Jan 1, 1988)
DOI: 10.1093/ijl/1.4.343

Abstract

This strictly factual paper lists 76 words of Amerindian origin for which the dates of earliest occurrences given in the Oxford English Dictionary and Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary have been pushed back in nearly all cases by several decades or even centuries.

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