jazzbo

English

Etymology

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Noun

jazzbo (plural jazzbos)

  1. (informal) A jazz musician.
    Synonyms: jazzist, jazzman, jazzperson, jazzster, jitterbug
    • 1922 November 12, “Using wool clothes before cold comes”, in The Duluth Sunday News Tribune, volume 54, number 183, Duluth, Minn.: News Tribune Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2:
      "Men come in and have no hesitancy about buying jazzbo neckties, "snazzy" collars, passianate[sic – meaning passionate?] hats or thunderous hosiery, but they lower their voices and cast their eyes from side to side to avoid detection when they say they want to purchase a two-ply undergarment," said one local gents furnishing merchant. "One would think they were giving an order to their pet bootlegger," he added.
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 2:
      And he slowed down the car for all of us to turn and look at the old jazzbo moaning along.
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