Flappers' Dictionary (September 1922): "blouse" (to go); "sweetie"

Dave Wilton dave at WILTON.NET
Sun Sep 28 20:07:50 UTC 2003


 
> Two items in the 1922 Flappers' Dictionary caught my attention:
> 1) "blouse"--Why does "Let's blouse" mean "Let's go"? -- I 
> don't see this term in HDAS or Jonathon Green's _Cassell's 
> Dictionary of Slang_.

Perhaps it's a variant of "to blow."



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