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Word: swanged (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...fisted piano players," he recalls. "Men like Sticky Mack and Doc Perry and James P. Johnson and Willie 'The Lion' Smith. With their left hand, they'd play big chords for the bass note, and just as big ones for the offbeat, and they really swang. The right hand played real pretty. They did things technically you wouldn't believe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Mood Indigo & Beyond | 8/20/1956 | See Source »

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