[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hepcat"

[Shapiro, Fred]

hepcat (OED 1937 July)

1937 Buffalo Evening News 3 Mar. 30/3 (Newspapers.com)

A Buffalo colored boy who has been setting Manhattan swing bugs on their ears came back to an old haunt ... He returned to the Silver Grill to bow and to jive and the hep cats were very happy to have him do so.

Fred Shapiro


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