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Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: licking the licorice stick or gob stick. — playing the clarinet. Also known as an agony pipe or wop stick.at agony pipe (n.) under agony, n.
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: licking the licorice stick or gob stick. — playing the clarinet. Also known as an agony pipe or wop stick. Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: devout alligators. — worshippers of the great God Swing. And how they love it!at alligator, n.
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: beat to the socks. — all fogged out. Prima’s band falls apart between sessions.at beat to the socks (adj.) under beat, adj.
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: slap me some fire on the dog house. grip that git box. — getting hot on the bull fiddle and the guitar.at bull fiddle (n.) under bull, adj.1
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: hep cats. — people in the know. All they need is coca-cola and Prima’s music to get high.at hep-cat, n.
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: slap me some fire on the dog house. grip that git box. — getting hot on the bull fiddle and the guitar.at doghouse, n.
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: beat to the socks. — all fogged out. Prima’s band falls apart between sessions.at fall apart (v.) under fall, v.1
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: beat to the socks. — all fogged out. Prima’s band falls apart between sessions.at fog out (v.) under fog, v.1
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: licking the licorice stick or gob stick. — playing the clarinet. Also known as an agony pipe or wop stick.at gob-stick (n.) under gob, n.1
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: scoff a bit of growl. — eating between meals.at growl, n.1
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: jibing the vibes or hitting the harps. — playing the vibraphone.at harp, n.2
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: hide busting. — going to town on the drums. Godfrey Hirsch, ‘My Man Godfrey,’ beats it up on the traps.at hide, n.
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: hep cats. — people in the know. All they need is coca-cola and Prima’s music to get high.at high, adj.1
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 9: an icky. — a phony, corny guy. The kind of college freshman who asks the leader to ‘please play Tiger Rag’ when it’s just been played.at icky, n.
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 6: steady jackson. — take it easy.at Jackson, n.3
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: licking the licorice stick or gob stick. — playing the clarinet. Also known as an agony pipe or wop stick.at liquorice stick, n.
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: Nothing disgusts players of gut-bucket, screwball, and whacky music so much as the Schmaltz or sweet type played by a ‘Long-Underwear gang’.at long-underwear gang (n.) under long underwear, n.
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 6: mercy percy. — hot rendition. When Prima plays a riffout or solo, he really gets hot.at mercy percy, n.
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 8: come on, boys, send me gate. — play with umph. Prima wants an extra something from his swingsters.at oomph, n.
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: Nothing disgusts players of gut-bucket, screwball, and whacky music so much as the Schmaltz or sweet type played by a ‘Long-Underwear gang’.at screwball, adj.
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: hide busting. — going to town on the drums. Godfrey Hirsch, ‘My Man Godfrey,’ beats it up on the traps.at traps, n.2
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: jibing the vibes or hitting the harps. — playing the vibraphone.at vibes, n.1
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: Nothing disgusts players of gut-bucket, screwball, and whacky music so much as the Schmaltz or sweet type played by a ‘Long-Underwear gang.’.at whacky, adj.
Pic (N.Y.) Mar. 7: licking the licorice stick or gob stick. — playing the clarinet. Also known as an agony pipe or wop stick.at wop stick (n.) under wop, adj.
Pic (N.Y.) 30 May cover: When twenty-five men unanimously bestowed the title of ‘Oomph Girl’ on Ann Sheridan last month, there were no protests [...] There’s no question—Ann is tops when it comes to ‘oomph,’ the modern title for sex appeal, the successor to ‘Vamp’ and ‘It’.at oomph girl (n.) under oomph, n.
Pic (N.Y.) 24 June 24: What Do You Know About Music? [...] 18. What instruments are sometimes referred to as ‘woodpile,’ ‘plumbing,’ ‘licorice stick,’ ‘88,’ ‘skins’?at eighty-eight, n.1
Pic (N.Y.) 24 June 24: What Do You Know About Music? [...] 18. What instruments are sometimes referred to as ‘woodpile,’ ‘plumbing,’ ‘licorice stick,’ ‘88,’ ‘skins’?at liquorice stick, n.
Pic (N.Y.) 24 June 24: What Do You Know About Music? [...] 18. What instruments are sometimes referred to as ‘woodpile,’ ‘plumbing,’ ‘licorice stick,’ ‘88,’ ‘skins’?at plumbing, n.
Pic (N.Y.) 24 June 24: What Do You Know About Music? [...] What instruments are sometimes referred to as ‘woodpile,’ ‘plumbing,’ ‘licorice stick,’ ‘88,’ ‘skins’?at woodpile, n.
Pic (N.Y.) Oct. 64: [headline] You Don’t Need the Tiffany Touch To Run Your Pony on the Big Apple Today – If You Own a Horse.at Big Apple, n.
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