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

ADSGarson O'Toole 00001aa1be50b751-dmarc-request at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sun Sep 20 22:18:55 UTC 2026


Impreessive work, Peter.
Garson

On Sun, Sep 20, 2026 at 2:50 PM Peter Reitan <pjreitan at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> I cited the November 30 1913 article in my post about early uses of jazz, jazzbo and jasbo.
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> I found a couple earlier uses of Jasbo, but not clearly related to that sense. https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2014/09/is-jasbo-jazz-or-just-hokum-and-gravy.html<https://esnpc.blogspot.com/2014/09/is-jasbo-jazz-or-just-hokum-and-gravy.html?m=1>
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