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Amsterdam News (N.Y.) 31 Aug. 11/1: Who Originated the ‘Truck’? [...] Noble Sissle [...] titled a show at the Harlem Opera House in the winter ‘Trucking on Down’ and wrote a song with the same title.at trucking, n.
Amsterdam News (N.Y.) 31 Aug. 11/1: Who Originated the ‘Truck’? [...] Noble Sissle [...] titled a show at the Harlem Opera House in the winter ‘Trucking on Down’ and wrote a song with the same title. N.Y. Amsterdam News 5 Mar. 17: Taft [...] Jordan still hits that high note [...] up in Beantown.at Bean Town (n.) under bean, n.1
N.Y. Amsterdam News 12 Feb. 17/2: Where’s that ‘hotel’ maintained for certain Harlem ‘biggies’.at biggie, n.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 27 Aug. A6: Weed smokers are due for the next big purge with the G-Men rounding up certain bigwig musicians.at bigwig, adj.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 19 Mar. 17: The new Mimo club is a blip! a solid blip! at blip, n.2
N.Y. Amsterdam News 29 Jan. 19/3: Alice Porter [...] shapes up like a Coca Cola bottle, streamlined like a China Clipper!at coke frame, n.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 29 Jan. 19/2: Both male and female should study timetables before they go in for creepin’ just ’fore the break o’ day.at creep, v.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 5 Mar. 17: [T] male of the species would eventually land up behind the eight-ball.at behind the eightball under eightball, n.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 15 Jan. 17/4: One of the best goola thumpers in the country.at goola, n.2
N.Y. Amsterdam News 19 Feb. 17: [S]weet young ladies on the ‘Hill’ [...] live in swank apartments.at Sugar Hill, n.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 12 Feb. 17/2: Where’s that ‘hotel’ maintained for certain Harlem ‘biggies’.at hotel, n.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 29 Jan. 19/2: Peggy (it girl) Moore.at it girl (n.) under it, n.1
N.Y. Amsterdam News 29 Jan. 19/1: Yank in your top-piece, neighbor mine, and tun[e]-in on the ‘jam’.at jam, n.1
N.Y. Amsterdam News 15 Jan. 17/2: Listen to the typewriter translate the jive of the avenue into swing talk on paper.at jive, n.1
N.Y. Amsterdam News 9 Apr. 20: Harlem has more underground cabarets than that jive chili I ate [...] had beans.at jive, adj.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 20 Aug. A6: What ex-girl columnist caught one ker-plunk on the nose.at ker-, pfx
N.Y. Amsterdam News 15 Jan. 17/1: [A] puff of weed, a shot of ‘king kong’ and a batch of weakfish.at King Kong, n.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 15 Jan. 17/4: A mob of little shots motivated by the dollars of a big shot.at little shot (n.) under little, adj.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 12 Mar. 17: I told my wife that [...] she was the ‘main business’ at home.at main business (n.) under main, adj.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 26 Mar. 17: [M]itt-slinger Jackie Murry [...] may fight in London.at mitt-slinger (n.) under mitt, n.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 12 Feb. 7/1: Mrs Maceo Pinckard says nix to most vistors to ill hubby’s bedside.at nix, adv.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 27 Aug. A6: Weed smokers are due for the next big purge with the G-Men rounding up certain [...] ‘pad’ operators as distributing points for the reefer traffic.at pad, n.2
N.Y. Amsterdam News 9 Apr. 20: The Panhandling Brigade: the boys and girls seeking coffee money.at panhandle, v.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 14 May 16: Rex Ingram [...] was asked by a carload of ofays [...] where a negro bootlegger [...] was operating. They didn’t know the name but figured [he] ought to know where all the Samuels were.at Samuel, n.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 29 Jan. 19/1: ’Tis an abrupt bring-down to ‘knock a scarf’ with weakfish!at knock a scarf (v.) under scarf, n.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 12 Mar. 17: She’s been schooled right.at school, v.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 15 Oct. 21: Lawd! let’s get together and skrontch.at scrunch, v.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 19 Feb. 17: You’re allright if your spinach supply holds out.at spinach, n.2
N.Y. Amsterdam News 12 Mar. 17: The old ‘down home house rent strut’ days.at strut, n.
N.Y. Amsterdam News 12 Feb. 7/1: Off-beat throbbings maintain that Charley (Savoy) Buchanan’s secretary and the Harlem club operator are mightee theeck!at thick, adj.
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