[Dixielandjazz] What does "Solid, Gates" mean, anyway?

[Tom Duncan]

Jeanne Brei writes on Fri, 10 Jan 2003 23:48:23:

>>Being fairly new to the list -- I don't know if you've already discussed =
this thread -- but would it be possible to ask what "Solid, Gates," =
means? Or where the slang came from? When listening to old Betty Hutton =
novelty songs ("Murder, He Said" and others) or early Bing Crosby OKOM =
jazz tunes -- you'll hear both of them use a lot of "jazzy" slang and =
I'm really curious as to what it means...or where it came from...<<

Jeanne, here is a link to a "Jive Dictionary . . .
http://www.cabcalloway.cc/jive_dictionary.htm

>From that dictionary:

Gate (n.) -- a male person (a salutation), abbr. for "gate-mouth." and

Solid (adj.) -- great, swell, okay

Regards,

Tom Duncan