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[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 18: Broken-leg – the mother of a bastard.
at break a leg, v.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 2: Accidental – one who has been convicted of a sex crime, and is usually shunned by other inmates.
at accidental, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 2: Ace of spades – a widow.
at ace of spades (n.) under ace, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 2: Ace – a one-year prison term.
at ace, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 2: Active-citizen – vermin.
at active citizens, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 2: Addle-cove – a foolish person; a brittle-brain; a nitwit.
at addle-cove, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 2: Airedale – a policeman, etc.
at airedale, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 2: Airedale – a fixer; a mouthpiece.
at airedale, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 2: Alive – well supplied with lucre.
at alive, adj.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 2: Alky cooker – a distilling apparatus [...] a still.
at alky-cooker (n.) under alky, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 2: Ambulance-chaser – a mouthpiece who plants the idea of suit, having in mind a juicy fee for his services.
at ambulance-chaser, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 3: Apples ’n pears – stairs.
at apples (and pears), n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 12: Block-’n-tackle – a watch and chain.
at block and tackle, n.1
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 14: Boat-’n-oar – whore.
at boat and oar, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 3: Andy Maginn – chin.
at Andy McGinn, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 3: Angel – a generous individual who assists without trying to reform.
at angel, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 3: Angelina – a punk or road-kid; the “sod” part of sod-buster; a homo, etc .
at angelina, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 3: Ankle – the mother of a bastard.
at ankle, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 3: Arthur Duffy – to run away; to lam.
at take it on the Arthur Duffy, v.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 3: Artillery – narcotics.
at artillery, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 3: Artillery – liquor.
at artillery, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 3: Ashes-‘n-lava – coffee.
at ashes ’n lava, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 4: Autumn – a church.
at autem, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 4: Autumn bawler – a parson; sky-pilot.
at autem-bawler (n.) under autem, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 4: Automatic – one who has completed his sentence and is automatically due for parole.
at automatic, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 4: Axlegrease – butter.
at axle grease, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 4: Back-gate-parole – to die while doing time in the stir.
at back-gate exit (n.) under back, adj.2
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 4: Bacon – the plunder garnered from capers.
at bacon, n.1
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 5: Bad news – a wife.
at bad news, n.
[US] (con. 1950-1960) R.A. Freeman Dict. Inmate Sl. (Walla Walla, WA) 5: Badger woman – a moll who teams with a hoodlum in operating the badger game.
at badger moll (n.) under badger, n.1
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