[Dixielandjazz] Chippie

[Anton Crouch]

Hello Don and Bill

Good one. I was beginning to think that I might have imagined the 
Storyville use of chippie.

I have the Jazz Book Club edition of "Satchmo ..." and the reference is 
the same - page 84.

All the best,
Anton

On 19/03/2010 7:49, Bill Haesler wrote:
> Don Kirkman wrote [in part]:
>> chippy or chippie  1.  n[oun] fr late 1800s  A woman presumed to be of
>> easy virtue; woman who frequents bars, public dance halls, etc:  /the
>> same as in Storyville except that the chippies were cheaper./- Louis
>> Armstrong.
>
> Dear Don,
> Thank you for that lead.
> The quote is from from 'Satchmo. My Life and Times in New Orleans." (1955. Louis Armstrong).
> A third of the way through Chapter 6 (page 84 in my Peter Davis UK edition.)
> Kind regards,
> Bill.