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[US] J.B. Priestley Festival 33: Lady Barth, a rich old barmpot who, probably because she had nothing else to do, was always either buying and selling property.
at barmpot, n.
[US] Newport Jazz Festival: 1959 45: cack: fall asleep, fall out, go under.
at cack, v.2
[US] Newport Jazz Festival: 1959 45: down: very good.
at down, adv.2
[US] Newport Jazz Festival: 1959 45: jive: [...] an unscrupulous person.
at jive, n.2
[US] Newport Jazz Festival: 1959 46: taste: usually a drink or some money.
at taste, n.
[US] Newport Jazz Festival: 1959 46: twisted: confused, too far out.
at twisted, adj.2
[US] B. Buckley Festival 34: He slapped Eugene on the shoulder with a slap that almost stonkered him.
at stonker, v.
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