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hepcat

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Noun — A jazz performer, especially one from the 1940s and 1950s.

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From hep + cat, from hep (“sophisticated, aware”). Compare cat (“jazz enthusiast”). Attested in the sense of “sophisticated person” from the 1920s.

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