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[US] (con. 1920s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 93: Lulu White herself could handle three men at once — one in every hole. She called that her around the world trip.
at around the world, n.
[US] (con. 1910s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 31: They only sold it in the Italian barrelhouse joints.
at barrelhouse, adj.
[US] (con. 1920s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 56: A good looking chick would come in the place, one of the guys would say ‘Gee, I know she’s got good bread’ [...] It meant she’s got good pussy.
at bread, n.2
[US] (con. 1910s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 112: When we hit a clinker she’d mark it down. Then the Streckfus people would make us do it right. We’d call the clinkers ‘Blue Notes’.
at clinker, n.7
[US] (con. 1920s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 66: The wakes for the dead were the big thing. They also called the wakes ‘Coffee Boats’ or just ‘Boats’.
at coffee boat (n.) under coffee, n.
[US] (con. 1920s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 66: They’d lay the dead man out in the parlor on what was called a ‘coolin’ board’.
at cool it, v.
[US] (con. 1920s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 101: If you cut a hog in a record in those days, you had to stop and start over on a whole new wax.
at cut a hog (v.) under cut, v.2
[US] (con. 1920s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 43: John Robichaux got most of the dicty jobs.
at dicty, adj.
[US] (con. 1900s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 18: Some bands played [...] the dance halls like the Tuxedo Dance Hall, [...] and the Funky Butt Hall.
at funky butt (n.) under funky, adj.3
[US] (con. 1900s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 2: Uncle Wyatt was what we called a hamfat violin player—he wasn’t so good and he wasn’t so bad.
at hamfat, adj.2
[US] (con. 1920s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 100: Louis never did get nothin’ for it. Clarence was a real horse thief.
at horse thief (n.) under horse, n.
[US] (con. 1930s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 161: Alma is my second wife and the best thing I ever locked up on [...] I locked up on a good wife.
at lock up, v.
[US] (con. 1930s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 144: There were a lot of punks around too, we called them ‘rat gangsters’.
at rat, adj.
[US] (con. 1900s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 20: We thought it meant you could go down there, pick out a chick, and roll around with her.
at roll, v.
[US] T. Stoddard Pops Foster Epilogue 175: On October 30, 1969 at about 3.00 p.m. George Murphy ‘Pops’ Foster quit the scene.
at quit the scene (v.) under scene, n.
[US] (con. 1910s) G.M. Foster Pops Foster 19: There were tonks like Real Tom Anderson’s at Rampart and Canal.
at tonk, n.1
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