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1. ballahoo, n. View full entry 1815
...A type of fast-sailing two-masted schooner. Also used as a term of contempt for a sluggish, slovenly, or ungainly vessel (cf. ballyhoo, ballyhoo of blazes). Now rare...
2. nylon, n. and adj. View full entry 1938
...Any of various synthetic thermoplastic polymers with a straight-chain polyamide structure, many of which are tough, lightweight, and resistant to heat and chemicals, may be produced as filaments, sheets, or moulded objects,...
3. rootsy, adj. View full entry 1962
...Of music or its performance: traditional, authentic, homespun; unpolished, uncommercialized; spec. characteristic of or influenced by (esp. American) folk or blues traditions. Cf. root3a(a)....
4. sing-jay, n. View full entry 1984
...A DJ who sings and raps as part of his or her performance; (also) the style of music typical of such a performance....
