Green’s Dictionary of Slang

information.

1907		T.A. Dorgan in Zwilling TAD Lex. (1993) 48: Now, this is the best ‘info’ you ever got in your life.
1917		G. Herriman ‘Baron Bean’ [comic strip] Thanks for the info, ‘Baron’.
1929		M. Bodenheim Sixty Seconds 241: The info’ you handed me was enough to make a guy run to the doctor!
1938		W. Winchell On Broadway 15 Oct. [synd. col.] The gab is that the king and Queen of England will definitely visit the N.Y. World’s Fair [...] The info is supposed to come from Whalen in person.
1944		D. Burley Orig. Hbk of Harlem Jive 19: He’s knocking the info to each of these cats as to how to take charge when the mess gets too thick to thin out.
1951		D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 184: The latest info I had on Pat was that he had gone back to his old job in the tannery.
1959		‘Don Elliott’ Gang Girl (2011) 19: I want some info, Danny.
1968		K. Brasselle Cannibals 192: For your info, I’m making no waves.
1979		Fantastic Four Annual 18: Just give out with a little info.
1986		C. Bowles G’DAY 19: Suppose you want some info on the lingo [...] I wrote you a memo and let you have a dekko.
1989		C. Hiaasen Skin Tight 15: Thanks for the info.
1998		I. Welsh Filth 77: You might get some info on the collies if we shake the fucker doon.
2002		R.G. Barrett Mystery Bay Blues 128: So they grabbed you, Woz, to get some info on me.
2002		J. Cameron Hell on Hoe Street 107: Appreciate [...] you like making over all this info’.
2005		L. Theroux Call of the Weird (2006) 33: We have no info on this person.
2013		K. Sampson Killing Pool 152: Don’t fret about this witness thing. Lad with the supposed info was out of the game. Smackhead.
2012		(con. 1943) G.S. Manson Irish Fandango [ebook] ‘[D]ig up a bit of info on his early days’.
2013		T. Robinson Hard Bounce [ebook] Junior sat at the desk writing down Paul’s info on an index card.
2020		D. Winslow ‘The Last Ride’ in Broken 305: ‘I’ll give ORR all the info’.
2023		M. Herron Secret Hours 292: ‘Maybe you could pass the info back to Cartwright’.