Hello all Dan Spink gives a literal meaning of the phrase "to have one's ashes hauled" but the jazz meaning is rather different and predates bop. It's yet another euphemism for sexual intercourse. Listen to Big Bill Broonzy - "Ash Hauler", 16 December 1935 or Billy Banks and His Orchestra - "Spider Crawl", 23 May 1932. Where's yo bin? :-) Anton