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☆ second line

a jaunty, syncopated rhythm in 2/4 time, often used in the rhythm and blues and jazz of New Orleans

Etymology: from the impromptu percussive rhythms of the row of mourners behind the band in a New Orleans funeral procession

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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