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Post by Silverback on Feb 13, 2005 9:50:30 GMT
Off the track, as in "He was too far off the track. Strictly section eight": Said about a man who becomes insanely violent Op: Detective (esp. private), from "operative" Orphan paper: Bad cheques Out on the roof, To be: To drink a lot, to be drunk Oyster fruit: Pearls
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Post by Silverback on Feb 13, 2005 9:50:59 GMT
Pack: To carry, esp. a gun Palooka: Man, probably a little stupid Pan: Face Paste: Punch Patsy: Person who is set up; fool, chump Paw: Hand Peaching: Informing Pearl diver: dish-washer Peeper: Detective Pen: Penitentiary, jail Peterman: Safecracker who uses nitroglycerin Pigeon: Stool-pigeon Pill Bullet Cigarette Pinch: An arrest, capture Pins: Legs (especially a woman's) Pipe: See or notice Pipe that: Get that, listen to that Pipes: Throat Pistol pockets: ?? heels? Pitching woo: Making love (Turner) Plant (n) Someone on the scene but in hiding (v) Bury Plug: Shoot Plugs: People Poke Bankroll, stake Punch (as in "take a poke at") Pooped: Killed Pop: Kill Pro skirt: Prostitute Puffing: Mugging Pug: Pugilist, boxer Pump: Heart Pump metal: Shoot bullets Punk Hood, thug "A jailhouse sissy who is on the receiving end." (Also as a verb, as in "to get punked.") Puss: Face Put down: Drink Put the screws on: Question, get tough with
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Post by Silverback on Feb 13, 2005 9:51:24 GMT
Queer (n) Counterfeit (n) Sexually abnormal (v) To ruin something or put it wrong ("queer this racket")
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Post by Silverback on Feb 13, 2005 9:51:48 GMT
Rags: Clothes Ranked: Observed, watched, given the once-over Rap Criminal charge Information, as in "He gave us the rap" Hit Rappers: Fakes, set-ups Rat: Inform Rate: To be good, to count for something Rats and mice: Dice, i.e. craps Rattler: Train Red-light: To eject from a car or train Redhot: Some sort of criminal Reefers: Marijuana cigarettes Rhino: Money Ribbed up, as in "I got a Chink ribbed up to get the dope": Set up, arranged for? "I have arranged for a Chinese person to get the information"? (Knockover, 203) Right: Adjective indicating quality Right gee, Right guy: A good fellow Ringers: Fakes Rod: Gun Roscoe: Gun Roundheels A fighter with a glass jaw A woman of easy virtue Rub-out: A killing Rube: Bumpkin, easy mark Rumble, the: The news Run-out, To take the : Leave, escape
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Post by Silverback on Feb 13, 2005 9:52:18 GMT
Sap A dumb guy A blackjack Sap poison: Getting hit with a sap Savvy?: Get me? Understand? Sawbuck: $10 bill (a double sawbuck is a $20 bill) Scatter, as in "And don't bother to call your house peeper and send him up to the scatter" Saloon or speakeasy. A hideout, a room or lodging Schnozzle: Nose Scram out: Leave Scratch: Money Scratcher: Forger Screw Leave, as in "Let's screw before anybody pops in" Prison guard Send over: Send to jail Shamus: (Private) detective Sharper: A swindler or sneaky person Shells: Bullets Shine Black person Moonshine, bootleg liquor Shine Indian: ?? (Knockover, 89) Shiv: Knife Shylock: Loanshark Shyster: Lawyer Silk, as in "all silk so far": All okay so far Sing: Confess, admit secrets Sister: Woman Skate around, as in "She skates around plenty": To be of easy virtue Skid rogue: A bum who can't be trusted Skipout: Leave a hotel without paying, or a person who does so Skirt: Woman Slant, Get a: Take a look Sleuth: Detective Slug As a noun, bullet As a verb, to knock unconscious Smell from the barrel, Have a: Have a drink Smoke: A black person Smoked: Drunk Snap a cap: Shout Snatch: Kidnap Sneak Leave, get lost, as in "If you're not a waiter, sneak" Type of burglary, as in as in "The hotel-sneak used to be my lay" Sneeze: Take Snitch: An informer, or, as a verb, to inform Snooper: Detective Snort (as in of gin): A drink Snow-bird: (Cocaine) addict Snowed: To be on drugs (heroin? cocaine?); also "snowed up" Soak: To pawn Sock: Punch Soup: Nitroglycerine Soup job: To crack a safe using nitroglycerine Spill: Talk, inform; spill it = tell me Spinach: Money Spitting: Talking Spondulix: Money Square: Honest; on the square: telling the truth Squirt metal: Shoot bullets Step off: To be hanged Sticks of tea: Marijuana cigarettes Stiff: A corpse Sting: Culmination of a con game Stool-pigeon: Informer Stoolie: Stool-pigeon Stringin': As in along, feeding someone a story Sucker: Someone ripe for a grifter's scam Sugar: Money Swift, To have plenty of: To be fast (on the draw) Swing: Hang
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Post by Silverback on Feb 13, 2005 9:52:45 GMT
Tail: Shadow, follow Take a powder: Leave Take it on the heel and toe: Leave Take on: Eat Take the air: Leave Take the bounce: To get kicked out (here, of a hotel) Take the fall for: Accept punishment for Tea: Marijuana That's the crop: That's all of it Three-spot: Three-year term in jail Throw a joe: Pass out ?? (Key, 86) Throw lead: Shoot bullets Ticket: P.I. license Tiger milk: Some sort of liquor Tighten the screws: Put pressure on somebody Tin: Badge Tip a few: To have a few drinks Tip your mitt: Show your hand, reveal something Tomato: Pretty woman Tooting the wrong ringer: Asking the wrong person Torcher: Torch singer Torpedoes: Gunmen Trap: Mouth Trigger man: Man whose job is to use a gun Trip for biscuits, as in "You get there fast and you get there alone - or you got a trip for biscuits": Make the trip for no purpose, achieve no results Trouble boys: Gangsters Turn up: To turn in (to the police) Twist: Woman Two bits: $25, or 25 cents.
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Post by Silverback on Feb 13, 2005 9:53:09 GMT
Under glass: In jail Up-and-down, as in "to give something the up-and-down": A look Uppers, as in "I've been shatting on my uppers for a couple of months now" or "I'm down on my uppers": To be broke
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Post by Silverback on Feb 13, 2005 9:53:35 GMT
Vag, as in vag charge, vag law: Vagrancy Vig, Vigorish Excessive interest on a loanshark's loan Advantage in odds created by a bookie or gambler to increase profit
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Post by Silverback on Feb 13, 2005 9:54:10 GMT
Weak sister: A push-over Wear iron: Carry a gun Wheats, as in "a stack of wheats": Pancakes White Good, okay, as in "white thingy" Gin ("a gallon of white") Wikiup: Home Wire, as in "What's the wire on them?": News, "What information do you have about them?" Wise, To be To be knowledgeable of; put us wise: tell us Wise head: A smart person Wooden kimono: A coffin Worker, as in "She sizes up as a worker": A woman who takes a guy for his money Wrong gee: Not a good fellow Wrong number: Not a good fellow
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Post by Silverback on Feb 13, 2005 9:54:50 GMT
Yap: Mouth Yard: $100 Yegg: Safecracker who can only open cheap and easy safes
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Post by Silverback on Feb 13, 2005 9:55:19 GMT
Zotzed: Killed
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