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183. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson loved the word and used it frequently.

Mon Dec 23, 2024, 02:08 AM

Dec 23

But he doesn't appear to have originated it. At least one white person picked it up from him and popularized it among white people. Of the many, the story I tend to believe is that is came from creole French and usage in the black communities of New Orleans.

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