Meaning of jazz garter | Babel Free

Definitions

A decorative garter worn by women during the Jazz Age.

in-plural

Examples

“Occasionally at a bush dance, when the elderly folk were conspicuous by their absence, the M.C. would throw a jazz-garter on the floor, point at some lucky fellow, and shout, 'You have ten seconds to find its mate. A packet of cigarettes if you do'. The girls would squeal and giggle and start running; […]”

“Arousal and orgasm are no longer thought necessary; they would be a symptom of frivolity merely, like jazz garters or beauty spots.”

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