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[US] Eve. Standard (Uniontown, PA) 18 Oct. 3: [advert] Jazz Babies A Girlesk review.
at girlesk, n.
[US] Eve. Standard (Uniontown, PA) 16 June 6/1: [headline] B’way Star who won fame abroad in ‘Be Yourself’.
at B-way, n.
[US] Eve. Standard (Uniontown, PA) 16 July 7/3: Skiffle (which is jazz slang for a party, a blow-out, a brawl) [...] has taken Britain by storm.
at skiffle, n.
[US] Eve. Standard (Uniontown, PA) 17 Mar. 35/1: Beatnik English by a Beatnik [...] Bugs me — moves me, gives me a thrill.
at bug, v.2
[US] Eve. Standard (Uniontown, PA) 17 Mar. 35/1: Beatnik English by a Beatnik [...] In orbit — way out (good).
at in orbit (adj.) under orbit, n.
[US] Eve. Standard (Uniontown, PA) 17 Mar. 35/1: Beatnik English by a Beatnik [...] Pill pusher — druggist.
at pill-puncher (n.) under pill, n.
[US] Eve. Standard (Uniontown, PA) 17 Mar. 35/1: Beatnik English by a Beatnik [...] Planter — undertaker.
at planter, n.
[US] Eve. Standard (Uniontown, PA) 17 Mar. 35/1: Beatnik English by a Beatnik [...] Make wax — turn on the record player.
at make wax (v.) under wax, n.2
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