jazz dot

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English

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Etymology

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From its popularity among jazz musicians.

Noun

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jazz dot (plural jazz dots)

  1. A soul patch.
    • 2005, Michael Segell, The Devil's Horn: The Story of the Saxophone, from Noisy Novelty to King of Cool, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
      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.
    • 2013, Barrie Jean Borich, My Lesbian Husband: Landscapes of a Marriage, Graywolf Press, →ISBN:
      [...] men with gray beards or homegrown dreadlocks or a sandy jazz dot on the chin, gathered around platters of organic turkey or homemade lasagna ...