The grandchildren are coming. Childproof the farm.
Yep, “childproof” is not only an adjective but also a transitive verb. Who said it first and when?
DICTIONARY PAUSE.
A $100-per-year subscription to the Oxford English Dictionary might buy me an answer. Otherwise, a couple of online entities say “childproof” was first used in 1889 as an adjectiv...
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