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Lindy Hop (n.)
[Lindy Hop 词源字典]
popular dance, 1931, it originated in Harlem, N.Y., named for
Lindy
, nickname of U.S. aviator Charles A.
Lindbergh
(1902-1974) who in 1927 made the first solo nonstop trans-Atlantic flight.
[Lindy Hop etymology, Lindy Hop origin, 英语词源]
non-stop (adj.)
also
nonstop
, 1903, from
non-
+
stop
(v.); originally of railway trains. As an adverb from 1920.