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

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jazz, v. (OED 1914)

1913 Seattle Daily Times 8 Aug. 5/4 (GenealogyBank)

Jens was all jazzed up about it.

Fred Shapiro

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