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jazzbo en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (informal) A jazz musician.
   • "Men come in and have no hesitancy about buying jazzbo neckties, "snazzy" collars, passianate^([sic – meaning passionate?]) hats or thunderous hosiery, but they lower their voices and cast their eyes from side to side to avoid detection when they say they want to purchase a two-ply undergarment," said one local gents furnishing merchant. "One would think they were giving an order to their pet bootlegger," he added. 1922 November 12, “Using wool clothes before cold comes”, in The Duluth Sunday News Tribune, volume 54, number 183, Duluth, Minn.: News Tribune Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7, column 2:
   • And he slowed down the car for all of us to turn and look at the old jazzbo moaning along. 1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC, part 2:

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Synonyms

jazzperson · jazzman · jazzster · jazzist · jitterbug