[Dixielandjazz] Re: Gates

[Tom Duncan]

Bill Hildebrandt writes:

>>Would the term "alligator" (as in "See, you later, alligator!") derive
from
the musician's term "gate" or vice versa? Back in the forties I recall that
the terms "gate" and "alligator" were used interchangeably. Comments anyone?
Bill Hildebrandt
The New Farmington River Royal Ragtime Ramblers
Simsbury, CT.<<

Don't know how much authority can be granted to the Jive Dictionary (
http://www.cabcalloway.cc/jive_dictionary.htm ), but it defines as follows:

Alligator (n.) -- jitterbug

Regards,

Tom Duncan