Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US black) a ritual insult.

1924

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1980

1924		W.C. Handy ‘Gouge of Armour Avenue’ 🎵 For though she slipped him in the dozen only this from him I heard: ‘Oh, oh, Baby, Hold your tongue’.
1980		E. Folb Runnin’ Down Some Lines 12: I would run down the latest ‘dozen’.