[Ads-l] Antedating of "Jitterbug"

[Shapiro, Fred]

jitterbug (OED 1934)

1933 _Daily News_ (New York) 4 Dec. 40/1 (Newspapers.com)  Cab Calloway's ... preferring to use his own vernacular 'Jitter bug" which he's coined as a name for one who love the cup that cheers – souse, to you!

Fred Shapiro


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