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[US] Jazz for Moderns 20: grease: food, or ‘to eat’.
at grease, v.4
[US] Jazz for Moderns 21: saying something: producing something of value (‘That cat is saying something!’ This could pertain to a good musician, actor, driver, shoemaker, etc.).
at say something (v.) under say, v.
[US] Jazz for Moderns 20: loose wig: a completely uninhibited really way-out musician.
at loose wig (n.) under wig, n.2
[US] Jazz for Moderns 21: wig: a person who is very crazy. Sometimes called wigger.
at wig, n.2
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