Harlem adj.
(US) used in derog. senses to emphasize the negative stereotypes of African-Americans as lazy, larcenous, stupid, vulgar etc; in combs. below.
In compounds
(US) a piece of hose used to siphon petrol from another car into the tank of one’s own.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Maledicta III:2 168: Harlem credit cardn Siphon hose for stealing gasoline. |
(US black) an unspecified disease; ? an STD.
| ‘Observation Post’ in N.Y. Age 26 Apr. 9/7: What are the ‘Harlem Measles?’...beware of them, chicks. |
a jukebox.
| N.Y. Amsterdam News 12 Mar. 17: The Harlem Hamfats grind out the tune on myriad Harlem piccolos (i.e. juke boxes). |
(N.Z. prison) a wing housing the tougher inmates.
![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand") | Boobslang [U. Canterbury D.Phil. thesis] 85/1: Harlem Slums, the n pl. see street, the. |
(US) blood pouring from razor slashes.
| Farewell, My Lovely (1949) 20: One time there was five smokes carved Harlem sunsets on each other down on East Eighty-four. | |
| Cadillac Beach 258: ‘What jumps into your head?’ [...] ‘Chicago overcoats, Harlem sunsets, a jorum of skee, a chippie with boss getaway sticks [...]’. |
(US police) a large, fin-tailed, brightly coloured car.
| ‘Lang. of Traffic Policemen’ in AS XXXVII:4 268: Harlem taxi, n. An oversized, tail-finned, flamboyantly colored passenger car. |
(US black) a knife.
| ‘Jiver’s Bible’ in Orig. Hbk of Harlem Jive. |