Synonyms:
Morton, Jelly_Roll_Morton, Ferdinand_Joseph_La_Menthe_Morton
Meaning: United States jazz musician who moved from ragtime to New Orleans jazz (1885-1941)
Usage examples
"Don't go to bed yet, Morton.
"Morton!" he shouted; "Morton!"
"All right, Morton, you can go now.
The next day I left Marsh End for Morton.
"You will not stay at Morton long: no, no!"
Morton Culver Hartzell, in a letter, offers the same argument.
"I thought it might settle everything if we had Mr. Morton here."
I first got an idea of its calibre when I heard him preach in his own church at Morton.
I shall not stay long at Morton, now that my father is dead, and that I am my own master.
And, as far as the family was concerned, she would have been quite contented with the Morton alliance.