wired adj.2
1. (gambling) of cards, back to back.
Man with the Golden Arm 248: Three J-boys wired. | ||
Battle Cry (1964) 145: Three treys . . . had them wired. | ||
Doom Pussy 111: I had queens wired in five card stud. |
2. satisfactory, ideal, as one desires.
(con. early 1950s) Valhalla 67: He really had it wired; the deck was his. | ||
Cutter and Bone (2001) 9: You got it made, man [...] You got it wired. | ||
Another Day in Paradise 21: I just made thirteen, fourteen hundred bucks [...] I got this stealing thing wired. | ||
You Got Nothing Coming 57: Ain’t no thing, Kansas — got the fucking tray count wired, dawg. |
3. (US und.) part of a network, ‘connected’.
No Lights, No Sirens 48: Roxanne gave him a big hello, so he had to know the place was wired with ghetto cops. | ||
Gutshot Straight [ebook] Tatum was wired top to bottom, inside and out, and could score just about anything. |