AMPERSAND
NOUNS
1859 — AMPASSY → ANPARSIL → ANPARSY → ANPASTY → EMPASSY → EMPUS-AND → PASSY → PASSY-AND the sign & (ampersand), formerly written at the end of the alphabet in schoolbooks → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1914 — EBERSIAN’D the ampersand, & → Sc.
1950 — CHICKEN GUTS a child’s name for the symbol ‘&’ (ampersand) → Amer. dial.
1991 — AMPER an ampersand (&) → US sl.
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