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(ref. to late 1950s–early 1960s) Give the Anarchist a Cigarette (ms.) 19: Ravers were a form of middle class moron, part time vicarious quasi-bohemians who wore bowler hats and baggy black sweaters and danced to bad dixieland jazz with a particular skipping motion. They were from the suburbs and home counties and, if for no other reason than they kept Mr. Acker Bilk and his Paramount Jazz Band in business, they were totally beneath our big city contempt.at raver, n.