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- noun Plural form of
jitterbug .
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Examples
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The definition is followed by nine citations, from a 1941 Bosley Crowther movie review ("The big holdup job gets messed up by a couple of 'jitterbugs' who are assisting on it, the girl turns out a great disappointment, the gunman is rendered a fugitive with a moll and a dog who love him" to a quote from last Sunday's Palm Beach Post ("...he would join the idle, young black males in jail.
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Yes | No | Report from dwaynez wrote 44 weeks 4 days ago shane good call on the jitterbugs, I always keep them on hand when I go after Bass.
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Sharpies and jitterbugs were interested in clothing for its own sake.
Hep Cats, Street Fights Eric Felten 2011
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I think I'll stick to my spinnerbaits, jitterbugs, rapalas and flies, thank you very much.
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Yes | No | Report from tbogg10 wrote 1 week 3 days ago love jitterbugs like you said on farmponds at dusk you cant beat it, cant wait for the ice to melt
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I think I'll stick to my spinnerbaits, jitterbugs, rapalas and flies, thank you very much.
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Yes | No | Report from dwaynez wrote 44 weeks 4 days ago shane good call on the jitterbugs, I always keep them on hand when I go after Bass.
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Yes | No | Report from tbogg10 wrote 1 week 3 days ago love jitterbugs like you said on farmponds at dusk you cant beat it, cant wait for the ice to melt
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Crowded around the bar, we caught our breath and ordered the drafts that never quite quenched our thirsts, but Tom and Betty kept dancing, jitterbugs and twists, the new steps they whipped up on the spot that were as sharp as any on Bandstand.
In the Jukebox Light 2009
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Crowded around the bar, we caught our breath and ordered the drafts that never quite quenched our thirsts, but Tom and Betty kept dancing, jitterbugs and twists, the new steps they whipped up on the spot that were as sharp as any on Bandstand.
In the Jukebox Light 2009
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