[Ads-l] Antedating of "Jivey"

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jivey (OED 1940)

1938 Afro-American (Baltimore) 4 June 11 (ProQuest)

Very, very jivey is the new Erskine Hawkins waxing of "Who's Sorry Now?" and "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny," for Vocation.

Fred Shapiro

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