[Ads-l] Antedating of "Cat" (Jazz Slang)

[Shapiro, Fred]

cat (OED, 2.c., 1932 [Oct.])

1932 Inter-State Tattler 3 Mar. 8/2 (Genealogy Bank)

Conway and Parks, frequent visitors to Harlem's stage, were as entertaining as ever.  O That Music  "Those 'Cats' can go!"

NOTE: The Historical Dictionary of American Slang has two 1931 citations that fit this sense.

Fred Shapiro

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