n.
Popular music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies, elements of Caribbean music, and the blues, played by small groups featuring the guitar, the accordion, and a washboard.
[From Louisiana French, possibly alteration of Les haricots (sont pas salé), name of a song, pl. of French haricot, bean. See haricot1.]
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