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[US] Cab Calloway Hi De Ho 32: dig: meet.
at dig, v.3
[US] Cab Calloway Hi De Ho 16: drape: suit of clothes, dress, costume.
at drape, n.
[US] Cab Calloway Hi De Ho 16: Faust: an ugly girl.
at faust, n.
[US] Cab Calloway Hi De Ho 16: Do you collar this jive?
at collar the jive (v.) under jive, n.1
[US] Cab Calloway Hi De Ho 16: mellow (adj.): all right, fine. Ex., ‘That’s mellow, Jack.’.
at mellow, adj.
[US] Cab Calloway Hi De Ho 16: queen (n.): a beautiful girl.
at queen, n.
[US] Cab Calloway Hi De Ho 16: roach: butt of a partially smoked reefer cigaret.
at roach, n.
[US] Cab Calloway Hi De Ho 16: salty: angry, ill-tempered.
at salty, adj.
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