Have a ball (v.) - to enjoy yourself, stage a celebration.Hard spiel (n.) - interesting line of talk.Growl (n.) - vibrant notes from a trumpet.Got your glasses on - you are ritzy or snooty, you fail to recognize your friends, you are up-stage.Got your boots on - you know what it is all about, you are a hep cat, you are wise.Get in there (exclamation.) - go to work, get busy, make it hot, give all you’ve got.Gate (n.) - a male person (a salutation), abbr.Ex., “When it comes to dancing, she’s a gasser.” Gammin’ (adj.) - showing off, flirtatious.Fry (v.) - to go to get hair straightened.Fruiting (v.) - fickle, fooling around with no particular object.Fromby (adj.) - a frompy queen is a battle or faust.Frolic pad (n.) - place of entertainment, theater, nightclub.Frisking the whiskers (v.) - what the cats do when they are warming up for a swing session.Fraughty issue (n.) - a very sad message, a deplorable state of affairs.Fine dinner (n.) - a good-looking girl.Ex., “I finaled to my pad” (went to bed) “We copped a final” (went home). Fews and two (n.) - money or cash in small quatity.Ex., “The cats fell out when he took that solo.” Fall out (v.) - to be overcome with emotion.Evil (adj.) - in ill humor, in a nasty temper.Drape (n.) - suit of clothes, dress, costume.Domi (n.) - ordinary place to live in.Ex., “Dig the chick on your left duke.” (3) comprehend, understand. Ex., “I’ll plant you now and dig you later.” (2) look, see. Dicty (adj.) - high-class, nifty, smart.Ex., “It’s time to cut out” “I cut out from the joint in early bright.” Creeps out like the shadow (v.) - “comes on,” but in smooth, suave, sophisticated manner.Cop (v.) - to get, to obtain (see collar knock).Comes on like gangbusters (or like test pilot) (v.) - plays, sings, or dances in a terrific manner, par excellence in any department.Come again (v.) - try it over, do better than you are doing, I don’t understand you. Ex., “I gotta collar me some food” “Do you collar this jive?”
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