[Dixielandjazz] Chippie Hill

[Anton Crouch]

Hello Bill

Thanks for that - very good.

Half of the "chippie" usage is now clear but the other half (young 
female prostitute) is still a mystery. I remember it being used, umpteen 
years ago, in reference to the girls working in the cribs in Storyville 
but I can't locate it. I've browsed Blesh's "Shining trumpets", Lomax's 
"Mr Jelly Roll" and the sleeve notes of LPs from the 50s and 60s - to no 
avail.

The prostitute meaning definitely exists - it's in the Oxford Dictionary 
- first used in 1886.


On 15/03/2010 20:22, Bill Haesler wrote:
> Dear Anton,
> The article you were looking for.
> Here 'tis. I assume.