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|Text=<p>"BASE. A game of hand-ball." John Russell Bartlett, <u>Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States</u> (first edition; Bartlett and Welford, New York, 1848), page 24.) Provided by David Block, email of 2/27/2008. David indicates that this is "the earliest known listing of baseball in an American dictionary." Bartlett offers a more elaborate definition in 1859 - see below.</p> | |Text=<p>"BASE. A game of hand-ball." John Russell Bartlett, <u>Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States</u> (first edition; Bartlett and Welford, New York, 1848), page 24.) Provided by David Block, email of 2/27/2008. David indicates that this is "the earliest known listing of baseball in an American dictionary." Bartlett offers a more elaborate definition in 1859 - see below.</p> | ||
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| Text | "BASE. A game of hand-ball." John Russell Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States (first edition; Bartlett and Welford, New York, 1848), page 24.) Provided by David Block, email of 2/27/2008. David indicates that this is "the earliest known listing of baseball in an American dictionary." Bartlett offers a more elaborate definition in 1859 - see below. |
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