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Vanity Fair Magazine

Vanity Fair Magazine (1913–).
The 601st most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 787 quotations (about 0.02% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations787Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word6Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning40Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
adenoidallyWith an adenoidal voice, tone, or sound.1923Go To Quotation
claveOne of a pair of round sticks of hard wood, struck against each other when used in ‘Latin-American’ music. Usu. in pl.1928Go To Quotation
ickyJazz. Ignorant (of true swinging jazz and liking the ‘sweet’ kind). U.S.1935Go To Quotation
marlinAny of various very large marine food- and game-fishes of the genera Makaira…1917Go To Quotation
schmaltzySentimentalized, over-emotional; ‘corny’.1935Go To Quotation
timbalesWith pl. concord. Two single-headed drums played as a pair with drumsticks (a…1928Go To Quotation

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