[Ads-l] Antedating of "Jump" (Verb, To Be Full of Excitement or Enjoyment)

[Bill Mullins]

OED has 1938, Fred Shapiro has 9 Dec 1937
Slight antedating:

1937 Philadelphia Tribune 4 Nov 15/6 [proquest]

Folks the joint was jumping when Harry Monroe laid his perfest [sic] rhythm jive to the 700 guests who were masked in all kinds of costumes that would attract the attention of a blind man.

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