[Ads-l] Antedating of "Jazzbo" (Slapstick)

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jazzbo (OED 1914)

1913 Brooklyn Daily Eagle 30 Nov. 14/2 (Newspapers.com)

Vulgar, slap-stick comedy is "jasbo," or "hokum" or "gravy."

Fred Shapiro

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