Full record for slidewalk n.

Definition	=moving pavement
OED requirements	antedating 1944
Earliest cite	Fritz Leiber, 'Sanity'
Comment	Mike Christie submitted a cite from a 1973 reprint of Heinlein's "Space Cadet", which was verified by Rick Hauptmann in the 1948 first edition. Enoch Forrester submitted a cite from a 1981 reprint of Larry Niven's "Ringworld"; Treesong verified the cite in the 1970 first edition. Dan Tilque submitted a cite from a 1976 reprint of Larry Niven's story "ARM", in "The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton". Enoch Forrester submitted a cite from a reprint of Pohl & Kornbluth's "The Space Merchants"; Mike Christie verified it in the 1952 magazine version. David Silberstein submitted a 1989 cite from Daniel Keys Moran's "The Long Run". Katrina Campbell submitted a cite from a reprint of Fritz Leiber's "Crazy Annaoj"; Mike Christie verified it in the 1968 original appearance. Enoch Forrester identified and Edward Bornstein confirmed a cite in a 1997 reprint of Lois McMaster Bujold's 1986 "Warrior's Apprentice". Malcolm Farmer submitted a cite from a 1987 reprint of George Martin's "Loaves and Fishes" in "Tuf Voyaging"; Mike Christie checked the 1985 first magazine appearance and discovered that the word was given as "sidewalk" in that version. Malcolm Farmer submitted a cite from a 1975 reprint of Ed Bryant's 1972 "The Poet in the Hologram in the Middle of Prime Time" in Nova 2. Enoch Forrester submitted a 1950 cite from Fritz Leiber's "Martians, Keep Out!" Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1958 reprint of Heinlein's "It's Great to be Back!"; we would like to verify this in its original publication (Saturday Evening Post, July 26, 1947). Fred Galvin submitted a cite from a 1982 reprint of Fritz Leiber's "Sanity", which Mike Christie verified in its 1944 first publication.
Last modified	6 July, 2008

Citations for slidewalk n.

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1948 R. A. Heinlein Space Cadet 2	A pair of slidewalks stretched from the station to the hall; they stepped on to the one running towards the building. The slidewalk was crowded; more boys streamed out of the station behind them.
1953 R. A. Heinlein Starman Jones (1975) iii. 37	Everything about it confused him—the hurrying self-centered crowds, the enormous buildings, the slidewalks in place of streets.
1972 E. Bryant Poet in Hologram in Middle of Prime Time in H. Harrison Nova 2 103	The slidewalk was a glass bead arch that spanned the hazy gulf between Ransom's apartment block and the transit station.
1972 E. Bryant Poet in Hologram in Middle of Prime Time in H. Harrison Nova 2 103	He strode along with the flow of the slidewalk, doubling his rate of travel.
1973 L. Niven ARM in Long ARM Gil Hamilton (1976) 117	They'd been found on the Wilshire slidewalk in West Los Angeles around 4:30 A.M. People don't use the slidewalks that late. They're afraid of organleggers. The bodies could have traveled up to a couple miles before anyone saw them.
1974 J. Haldeman Forever War (1976) 127–8	We could have taken the enclosed slidewalk but instead walked alongside it in the good cold air that smelled of fallen leaves.