Usually means: Entertainer known for blackface performances.
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  12. Jolson: Wiktionary

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▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:
Al Jolson, minstrel, vaudeville, ragtime, Groucho Marx, florenz ziegfeld, Beatrice Lillie, Yiddish, Tin Pan Alley, blackface, more...

Types:
blackface, minstrel, vaudeville, burlesque, cabaret, more...

Phrases:
Al Jolson, jolson al, The Jolson Story, Jolson Sings Again, more...

Adjectives:
great, popular, real, young, old, late, entertainer, opposite, new, american, white

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Similar:
Al Jolson, minstrel, vaudeville, ragtime, Groucho Marx, florenz ziegfeld, Beatrice Lillie, Yiddish, Tin Pan Alley, blackface, more...

Types:
blackface, minstrel, vaudeville, burlesque, cabaret, more...

Phrases:
Al Jolson, jolson al, The Jolson Story, Jolson Sings Again, more...

Adjectives:
great, popular, real, young, old, late, entertainer, opposite, new, american, white



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