Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(US) Washington, D.C.

1981		A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 82: She knew only that [...] he’d grown up in the toughest slums of DC, and that he’d served a stretch in the navy.
1996		(con. 1946) G. Pelecanos Big Blowdown (1999) 92: D.C.’s different now, since the war.
2000		G. Pelecanos Shame the Devil 45: When I came back to D.C. [...] and Charles saw me lightin’ up, he wouldn’t let up on me, calling me a fool.