[Ads-l] Antedating of "Jive" (Dance)

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jive, n. (OED, 2.b., 1943)

1942 Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 10 Mar. 6/3 (Newspapers.com)

The dusky songstress [Bea Foote] also goes into a jive dance that will make her thinner by several pounds before the week is over.

Fred Shapiro

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