"Dipe" (1922) as a typo for "Dive"

[Sam Clements]

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> It's here, Sam, in the left-hand column:
>
>
http://history1900s.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.havemann.com/flappers_dictionary.html
>
> JL

Jon,

It is, indeed, "static."  I just used Newspaperarchive to read other
newspaper cites about the Flapper dictionary, and I found an April, 1922
cite which says "static=conversation which means nothing."

SC

Sorry about not keeping up on this thread, jumping into the middle as I did.