_Cop a squat!_ = "have a seat!, sit down!"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Heard by me in speech in 1973, but HDAS I takes it back to 1944, quite in
line with Wilson's close-to-infallible recollection.

JL

On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Heard this rara avis used on Keegan&Peele on the Comedy Channel, a few
> days ago. Before that, I heard Richard Belzer use it in an episode of
> Homicide: Life on the Street. Otherwise, I haven't heard it - even in
> the various new meanings that is has accumulated - since the early
> '50's in StL.
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> It's like "break nasty." I'm alone in considering to be so cool that
> it should be on everyone's lips.
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