shuck and jive n.
(US, esp. black) deception, play-acting, obfuscation; also attrib.
It (1987) 204: Ben felt a species of bewildered relief, thinking it had all been nothing but make-believe – a little shuck-and-jive. | ||
S.F. Bay Guardian 25 Oct. 🌐 Someone [...] who thought it would be funny if this African-American character [...] if we were to, and this is a quote, ‘nigger up his voice’. That is to have him speak in a more shuck-and-jive dialect. | ||
(con. 1964–8) Cold Six Thousand 251: If you can’t beat ’em, assimilate and stop all this civil-rights shuck-and-jive. | ||
The Force [ebook] All that shuck and jive in the cemetery, you don’t have the money. |