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Jet 27 Nov. 62: ‘Oriental’ Shake Dancer Is New Night Club Rage A brand new twist has been introduced into the calculated art of shake dancing by small, compactly built, 25-year-old Rosa-lee Takella.at shake dancer (n.) under shake, v.
Jet 27 Nov. 62: ‘Oriental’ Shake Dancer Is New Night Club Rage A brand new twist has been introduced into the calculated art of shake dancing by small, compactly built, 25-year-old Rosa-lee Takella. Jet 28 July 27: A Georgia bottle-blonde, who spent her peachy years as a cash-and-tarry doxy.at bottle blond(e) (n.) under bottle, n.1
Jet 12 May 41: Classmates of Faith Berry, daughter of Cincinnati Councilman Ted Berry, call her handsome father a ‘Dap Daddy’.at dap daddy (n.) under dap, adj.
Jet 3 Feb. 18: Donning a gas jockey’s uniform to aid the 1955 March of Dimes drive, Congressman Charles C. Diggs of Detroit fills up the tank.at gas jockey (n.) under gas, n.1
Jet 26 Dec. 47: Harlem plainsclothes men detailed to patrol a 125th St. bar and grill, which is city-wide headquarters for the limp wrist set. When propositioned by swishers [...] cops haul them off to the nearest station house.at limp wrist, n.
Jet 26 Dec. 47: Harlem plainsclothes men detailed to patrol a 125th St. bar and grill, which is city-wide headquarters for the limp wrist set. When propositioned by swishers [...] cops haul them off to the nearest station house.at swish, n.
Jet 31 July 30: We must rid ourselves not only of Uncle Tom, but Uncle Thomas and Aunt Thomasina.at Aunt Thomasina, n.
Jet 24 Dec. 22: Taking care of the children now is the problem and should not be influenced by Monday morning quarterbackin.at Monday morning quarterback, v.
Jet 12 Jan. 43: The bad mouth being put on those Negro teachers in New Orleans who declare they prefer ‘cultural’ things to integration.at put the bad mouth on (v.) under badmouth, n.
Jet 9 Nov. 44: They had put the pinch on taxicab owner Horace Wilson as a lottery suspect.at put the pinch on (v.) under pinch, n.
Jet 25 Nov. 60: The tall, self-acknowledged, blue-eyed ‘soul brother’ opened up his ‘brand new bag’ and rocked a [...] highly enthusiastic first-night audience.at blue-eyed soul brother (n.) under blue-eyed, adj.3
Jet 3 Nov. 29: [of a human hit by a vehicle] I wasn’t confronted — I was rear-ended,’ the plaintiff quickly replied.at rear end, v.
Jet 12 June 61: 21-year-old Al/C Edward Williams, who describes himself as ‘blue-eyed soul brother,’ writes [...] ‘It keeps me current in what’s the “haps” back in the world.at hap, n.1
Jet 30 July 45: [headline] ‘Niggerology’ Course of Fare at Private Academy [...] [Gertrude Wilks] describes her curriculum focus as ‘niggerology’.at niggerology (n.) under nigger, n.1
Jet 2 Nov. 4: Whoever it is is getting over like a fat rat, while we are being found in basements OD-ing.at over, adv.2
Jet 29 Nov. 20: The sign is the fulfillment of a two-year dream of 60-year-old Herschel Matthews, who proudly tells his customers, ‘I’m the head nigger in charge here.’.at head nigger in charge (n.) under head, n.
Jet 12 Aug. 61: Behind him are the ‘party hearty’ days and nights when he first made the Hollywood scene.at party hearty (v.) under party, v.
Jet 25 Nov. 61/2: I just don't want to bash on about it constantly. I do, however, feel a responsibility to do wel.at bash on (v.) under bash, v.
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