NOUN: "American music developed especially from ragtime and blues" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "American music developed especially from ragtime and blues" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
2. a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles
(verb)
1. have sexual intercourse with
2. play something in the style of jazz

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DEVELOPED (adjective)
1. (used of societies) having high industrial development
2. being changed over time so as to be e.g. stronger or more complete or more useful
ESPECIALLY (adverb)
1. to a distinctly greater extent or degree than is common
2. in a special manner

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