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CTL-W-0201 · Work · 1970s

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Green's Dictionary of Slang: '(orig. US black) an excl. of encouragement, approval: excellent! perfect! exactly right!'; earliest citation 1911 (folk-song); Black use cited 1968/1970; entry notes orig. black use taken up by white hippies, radicals etc.

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Green's Dictionary of Slang: '(orig. US black) an excl. of encouragement, approval: excellent! perfect! exactly right!'; earliest citation 1911 (folk-song); Black use cited 1968/1970; entry notes orig. black use taken up by white hippies, radicals etc.

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Green's Dictionary of Slang: '(orig. US black) an excl. of encouragement, approval: excellent! perfect! exactly right!'; earliest citation 1911 (folk-song); Black use cited 1968/1970; entry notes orig. black use taken up by white hippies, radicals etc.

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