downtown v.
(US black) to improve one’s lot in society, to go ‘up in the world’.
Juba to Jive 148: Downtown, downtowning, n. adj. v. (1920s–1990s) anywhere south of Harlem; to live or work there. |
(US black) to improve one’s lot in society, to go ‘up in the world’.
Juba to Jive 148: Downtown, downtowning, n. adj. v. (1920s–1990s) anywhere south of Harlem; to live or work there. |