"Fiji zigaboo" (1924)

[Douglas G. Wilson]

 From N'archive:

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_Daily News_ [Frederick MD], 28 Feb. 1924: p. 11:

[comic strip: "Boots and Her Buddies" (by Abe Martin): "A Color Scheme"]

<<BOOTS, I CAN'T SEE WHY YOU TURNED DOWN SO MANY FELLOWS JUST TO GO WITH
TOM TONIGHT! / HE'S HOMELY AS A FIJI ZIGABOO! / NOT TO MENTION THE FACT
THAT HE DANCES LIKE A TRUCK HORSE! / OH, ANN -- BUT HIS BLACK EYES! THEY GO
SO ADORABLY WITH MY NEW CHIFFON FROCK>>

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Don't know *exactly* what "zigaboo" means here ... apparently a Fijian
individual of some sort ....

-- Doug Wilson


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