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Word: tcutmynewsuit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...gritty, resonant bottom. Betwixt and between, he intersperses rhythmic lick-ety-split soliloquies. He will lead into Streetcorner Hustler's Blues, for example, by telling of a two-timing hippie who pleads with his knife-wielding wife to take his white-on-white Cadillac "butjustdon'tcutmynewsuit'causeljustgotit outofthepawnshopandlgottohavemy-frontsolcankeepmakingmygame." The tumbling litanies lend a lively, mirthful twist to the songs' plaintive themes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Singers: Soulin' & Sweet-Talkin' | 1/27/1967 | See Source »

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