[Ads-l] Antedating of "Jive Ass" (Noun)

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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jive ass, n. (OED 1969)

1965 Le Roi Jones in Transatlantic Review Spring 51 (JSTOR)

Well, who told you to try to steal it, jive ass ?

Fred Shapiro

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