"frolic pad" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: frolic pads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} frolic pad (plural frolic pads)
  1. (dated, jive talk) Nightclub; dancehall; theater. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-frolic_pad-en-noun-w-l4JKct Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1944 December 8, “Broadway Jam Session”, in The Tampa Times:",
          "text": "Louie wants you to get in there and lay yo' racket on that writin' machine so all the fine dinners and gates up in the land o' darkness will be hep and truck on down to this frolic pad 'cause the joint's really gonna be jumpin' and everythin' will be fine as wine like watermelon on the vine.",
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        "(dated, jive talk) Nightclub; dancehall; theater."
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