Fiji zigaboo

Douglas G. Wilson douglas at NB.NET
Sat Mar 31 23:39:57 UTC 2007


>"Jigwalk"  + a modification of "jakewalk," perhaps?

"Jakewalk" doesn't seem to be old enough, as far as I can tell. "Jigwalk"
was around in 1908 for sure, and probably in 1899.

-- Doug Wilson


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