"jazz dot" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: jazz dots [plural]
Etymology: From its popularity among jazz musicians. Head templates: {{en-noun}} jazz dot (plural jazz dots)
  1. A soul patch. Categories (topical): Beards

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2005, Michael Segell, The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool, Farrar, Straus and Giroux",
          "text": "The jazz dot or soul patch, the tuft of hair beneath the lower lip, is so common among “cats” who can play as to almost be considered a part of the saxophone embouchure.",
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          "ref": "2013, Barrie Jean Borich, My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage, Graywolf Press",
          "text": "[...] men with gray beards or homegrown dreadlocks or a sandy jazz dot on the chin, gathered around platters of organic turkey or homemade lasagna ...",
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