[Ads-l] Antedating of "Jam" (Verb) (Jazz)

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jam (OED, v1, 6., 1935)

1933 Courier-Post (Camden, N.J.) 2 Nov. 8/3 (Newspapers.com)

Play it mean — means make it hot or very good ... Jam is to play it hotter than that.

Fred Shapiro

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