[78-L] another batch of burning questions

[Peter Fraissinet]

Re: high-hatting, here's a handy slang dictionary for the 1920s, where it says "high-hat" means to snub.
http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm

Peter Fraissinet
West Danby NY
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Rod sez:

What is meant by "high hat," used as a verb? I've heard this in the Memphis
Slim song, "Mother Earth." From memory:

You may high-hat me all the time
And you may never come my way
Mother Earth is waiting for you
There's a debt you have to pay

It sounds like to "high-hat" is to display an attitude of superiority, but
does anyone know their way around this term?