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solid
adjective- very good US, 1935
A jazz term that arrived on the scene with “swing” in 1935. - The most action a solid Negro singer will give you is a subdued touch of boogie. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 27, 1946
- “That Monk is a killer.” “Solid.” — Irving Shulman, The Amboy Dukes, p. 117, 1947
- A “solid” driving beat is produced that “sends” the dancers. — William Sansom, A Public for Jive [The Public’s Progress], p. 58, 1947
- Or a hipster: “Everything was solid that year.” — Jack Kerouac, Letter to Neal Cassady, p. 234, 6 October 1950
- My spunk came running back. “How about tonight?” said I. “Solid,” said she. — Max Shulman, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, p. 211, 1951
- “Solid, man!” Peewee laughed and slammed him across the back with the flat of his hand. — Hal Ellson, The Golden Spike, p. 18, 1952
- She said she was cool, just a cold. “I’ll be solid in a day or so,” she cracked. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 183, 1973
- “I don’t want to attract no attention.” “Solid.” — Edwin Torres, Q & A, p. 148, 1977
- “That’s two dry martinis and two orders of shish kebab. Right, gentlemen?” “Solid, pops[.]” — William Burroughs, Queer, p. 49, 1985
- ALYSSA: That was the Buffalo Two-Step. HOLDEN: Very solid. — Chasing Amy, 1997
- especially among criminals, loyal; staunch AUSTRALIA, 1950
- Duvi’s solid dad. — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 3, 1988
- But he also developed concepts of loyalty–of keeping “solid”–that he only lost track of in the latter years of his life. — Donald Catchlove, Ray Denning My Life and Time, p. 6, 1994
- harsh; severe; unreasonable; unfair AUSTRALIA, 1915
- “I got fined fifty quid, Joe twenty-five.” “Bit solid, wasn’t it?” — Frank Hardy, Power Without Glory, p. 60, 1950
- usually of time, continuously, uninterrupted; complete UK, 1718
- For almost four years solid I laid around in The Bunk. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 245, 1946
- [E]ight hours solid kip [sleep][.] — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 39, 1962
- Every fucking fucker in the fucking band [Oasis] and crew had been up for two days straight solid doing coke and crystal meths, right up to showtime. — Simon Napier-Bell, Black Vinyl White Powder, p. 318, 2001
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