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[US] Ramsey & Smith Jazzmen 12: From barrel-houses and honky-tonks came many of the descriptive words which were applied to the music played in them, such as [...] ‘gut-bucket,’ referring originally to the bucket which caught drippings or ‘gutterings’ from the barrels, later to the unrestrained brand of music that was played by small bands in the dives.
at barrelhouse, n.
[US] Ramsey & Smith Jazzmen 5: He came from the beat side of town.
at beat, adj.
[US] Ramsey & Smith Jazzmen 63: Inside the low, smoky room, the musicians sweated for their bread.
at bread, n.1
[US] Ramsey & Smith Jazzmen 24: My prof. was a Mexican.
at professor, n.
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