1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 61: Four hundred ten times, a phony Alexander had passed over the counter.at Alexander (Hamilton), n.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 38: [used of Sterno, a form of denatured alcohol] [H]uddled together to squeeze the alky from the Sterno cans.at alky, n.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 7: The world was a house of angles. You had to grab one in your teeth, hang on, ride it out.at angle, n.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 65: ‘I’ll kiss your butt in Wieboldt’s window if you leave before midnight’.at kiss someone’s arse, v.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 100: ‘I’m down in this hole of the world for a week’.at arsehole of the universe (n.) under arsehole, n.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 33: ‘I watched you two on the dance [...] That doll could put a piece of chalk in her back porch, spell Mississippi and dot all the I’s’.at back-porch (n.) under back, adj.2
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 11: Doyle even in the ragbag clothes had a sort of pristine chasteness.at rag bag, n.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 111: Phony as the baldheaded row in the conventions away from home.at bald-headed row (n.) under bald-headed, adj.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 40: Gump was barreled. He didn’t look it while he was sitting down; but now when he was standing, his figure wavered like the rest.at barrel, v.1
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 90: Clothes, liquor, cigars, dinners, belted the hell out of his small pile.at belt, v.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 16: ‘Jeannie’s in the big leagues. She hasn’t dated anyone from the neighborhood’.at big league, n.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 11: ‘I got it, big shot,’ Jake said, patting his change pocket in his suit.at big shot, n.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 36: Martin was a sucker for a feint to the stomach and a looping hook, maybe a bolo punch.at bolo, n.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 36: Chicago with its [...] bars, stripjoints, dance halls, bookies and honky-tonks.at bookie, n.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 118: ‘My friend goes bowwow on these’ [i.e. marijuana cigarettes].at go bowwow (v.) under bow-wow, n.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 57: [of counterfeit notes] We play it smart, pass a bundle and leave town.at bundle, n.1
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 45: Martin was a bunk-artist from the word go, he thought.at bunk artist (n.) under bunk, n.2
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 47: ‘This is no California bankroll. Two tens around a lemon’.at California bankroll (n.) under California, adj.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 7: Why was he flat on his can? Without money, without a car, barely able to scrape four dollars for the meeting with Jeannie today.at flat on one’s can (adj.) under can, n.1
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 38: Big Gump’s Sterno gang [...] the canned heaters, as they were called.at canned heat, n.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 105: [used of the unclothed female genitals] Smiling, wetting her lips. Always turning in time. Never the hole card.at hole card, n.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 45: ‘A little gift from my honey, for taking care of her. If you know what I mean’ [ibid.] 99: Remember this kid is taking care of me. Like I’ve never been taken care of before. What she didn’t know in the bedroom wasn’t necessary.at take care of, v.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 57: ‘I get gum, then cigars, then pipe tobacco. [...] Then more cigs, different brand’.at cig, n.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 58: Martin had the danger. The Treasury men always clamped at the pickup.at clamp, v.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 71: [S]he only took one dollar from the extended three he had in his hand. No clip joint.at clip-joint, n.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 87: Kirk eased the rented Ford through the traffic [...] Kirk wondered. What happens to me when I conk out.at conk (out), v.
1953 ‘John Eagle’ Hoodlums (2021) 25: [H]e pulled the lone one-dollar bill from his pocket. Christ, he thought, Big Gump and I better connect tonight.at connect, v.