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jazz dot en · NOUN

Etymology

From its popularity among jazz musicians.

Meanings

1. A soul patch.
   • The jazz dot or soul patch, the tuft of hair beneath the lower lip, is so common among “cats” who can play as to almost be considered a part of the saxophone embouchure. 2005, Michael Segell, The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
   • [...] men with gray beards or homegrown dreadlocks or a sandy jazz dot on the chin, gathered around platters of organic turkey or homemade lasagna ... 2013, Barrie Jean Borich, My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage, Graywolf Press, →ISBN:

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