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gator
noun- an alligator US, 1844
- Crocs are meaner, more aggressive. Gators get fat and lazy. — Carl Hiaasen, Tourist Season, p. 115, 1986
- One of the deputies said, “Well, it’s a fact, gators love dog.” — Elmore Leonard, Maximum Bob, p. 74, 1991
- an all-purpose male form of address US, 1944
Originally a Negro abbreviation of “alligator”; in the 1930s it was adopted into JIVECATgato is a “male cat” in Spanish. Eventually rock ’n’ roll spread the word and it died out. - The little number will pull you dead to the kerb. Gators she is a panic. — Lavada Durst, The Jives of Dr. Hepcat, 1953
- See you later alligator, / After ‘while, crocodile. — (Robert Guidry) Bill Haley and His Comets, See You Later Alligator, 1956
- a swing jazz enthusiast US, 1944
An abbreviation of ALLIGATOR- — Lou Shelly, Hepcats Jive Dictionary, p. 11, 1945
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