[Ads-l] _homes_ BE slang "friend,"

Tue Feb 20 15:00:13 UTC 2018

Great minds read alike!

JL

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 6:27 AM, Jesse Sheidlower <jester at panix.com> wrote:

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwjVs8pehpM
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> At :30.
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> Jesse Sheidlower
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> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 11:13:16PM -0500, Wilson Gray wrote:
> > HDAS, GDoS: 1971
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> > Raid on the After Hour [sic] Joint - 1954
> > (Jimmy Coe)
> > Jimmy Coe and his Gay Cats of Rhythm
> > Say, _homes_, who's that chick that jes' walked in?
> > States Record Company S-129
> > --
> > -Wilson
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