The Oxford English Dictionary cites this usage as far back as 1675.

The Oxford English Dictionary cites examples going back to the 17th century.

(The Oxford English Dictionary cites several 19th-century examples.)

In identifying this name as the possible source of the word cry, the Oxford English Dictionary cites Varro.

The Oxford English Dictionary cites Lydgate with the earliest record of using the word "talent" in reference to a gifted state of natural ability.

The Oxford English Dictionary would cite Fairlie's column as its locus classicus.

The Oxford English Dictionary cites a 1913 reference to the verb gorp, meaning "to eat greedily".

The Oxford English Dictionary also cites Wycherley as the first user of the phrase "happy-go-lucky", in 1672.

The Oxford English Dictionary cites an 1891 use of the term "bull market".

The Oxford English Dictionary cites as the first use of the term a 1955 article in Science News Letter discussing work by the society.