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mouldy fig

noun

  1. old-fashioned,  a rigid adherent to older jazz forms

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The term "mouldy fig", used by modernists about jazz fans who prefer older forms, was a badge Rust wore with pride.

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"You mean a Mouldy Fig, like."

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