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CTL-W-0199 · Work · 1970s

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Jack Lynch in The Conversation (via Rutgers SASN, fetched in full): 'jive turkey' 'first showed up in African American speech in the early 1970s, defined by slang lexicographer Jonathon Green as "an insincere, deceitful, dishonest person."' Stored meaning 'insincere, deceitful person' and era '1970s' both match the source.

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Jack Lynch in The Conversation (via Rutgers SASN, fetched in full): 'jive turkey' 'first showed up in African American speech in the early 1970s, defined by slang lexicographer Jonathon Green as "an insincere, deceitful, dishonest person."' Stored meaning 'insincere, deceitful person' and era '1970s' both match the source.

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Jack Lynch in The Conversation (via Rutgers SASN, fetched in full): 'jive turkey' 'first showed up in African American speech in the early 1970s, defined by slang lexicographer Jonathon Green as "an insincere, deceitful, dishonest person."' Stored meaning 'insincere, deceitful person' and era '1970s' both match the source.

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