Jazzboとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

jazzbo (plural jazzbos)

1. (informal) A jazz musician.

   Synonyms: jazzist, jazzman, jazzperson, jazzster, jitterbug

   • 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:

     "Men come in and have no hesitancy about buying jazzbo neckties, "snazzy" collars, passianate 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.

   • 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 1, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 2:

     And he slowed down the car for all of us to turn and look at the old jazzbo moaning along.