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Underdog 19: Big brawl. A real Pier 6. Disturbing the peace, assault and battery—you know.at Pier 6, n.2
Underdog 19: Big brawl. A real Pier 6. Disturbing the peace, assault and battery—you know. Underdog 211: [H]e stopped in front of an all-night eating joint and stared down the street. [...] Benny looked for a moment, then he turned and went into the all-night.at all-nighter, n.
Underdog 68: [of inexperienced prostitutes] ‘[I]f you ever get tired of amateur night, give me a ring,’ said Claire, and Charley snickered.at amateur night (n.) under amateur, n.
Underdog 99: When Jamie came in with a tray full of mugs, Clinch accepted one without hesitation and took a long pull. Man, Tom and Jerry—and was it good!at tom and jerry, n.1
Underdog 160: He was a criminal, wasn’t he—with a record? A bad boy.at bad boy, n.
Underdog 9: ‘[Y]ou sent Moford to the infirmary,’ said Gerem. ‘What is it, the usual big-wheel malingering?’.at big wheel (n.) under big, adj.
Underdog 25: ‘But Dr. Planck’s report was the real clincher,’ Mitchell went on. [...] ‘We got to take care of that guy some way,’ said Big Dan. ‘No, no,’ said Mitchell, quickly. [...] ‘He’s not looking for anything’.at take care of, v.
Underdog 113: About five years ago two guys turned up with guns and cleaned the [craps] game.at clean, v.
Underdog 224: No use crashing a red light and getting chased by a traffic cop.at crash, v.
Underdog 211: [of a rooming house-cum brothel]‘You know where Mrs. Taylor’s is?’ ‘I don’t know any of them crum joints,’ said Benny disdainfully.at crum joint (n.) under crum, n.
Underdog 29: ‘Can you drive?’ [...] ‘The best,’ said Clinch. ‘All right. My wife is a fender-denter. You can drive her shopping’.at fender-denter, n.
Underdog 5: [T]he tough guys [...] wanted to take him down, bend him to their will.at take down, v.
Underdog 114: [O]n their right loomed big apartment buildings that grew progressively shabbier as they moved southward. Then there were no more apartment buildings, but stores, bars, eating joints.at eating-joint, n.
Underdog 58: A big, two-door fishtail whizzed past just behind him.at fishtail, n.
Underdog 208: Clarence Drew [...] was just getting ready to close his late drinking-spot when Benny sauntered in [...] ‘Hi, Hop,’ said Benny. ‘Getting ready to fold?’.at fold, v.
Underdog 113: ‘[S]omebody fronted, Dan. Must have.’ ‘No,’ said Dan. ‘Not then. Were pretty careless then. It just got around.at front, v.1
Underdog 21: ‘He told me the same thing but I didn’t believe him.’ ‘Why not?’ asked Dan. ‘You think he’d front for Whitey?’.at front, v.2
Underdog 47: And yet on the other hand . . . loneliness, like tonight; trouble, cops, clink. Who was the wise guy? Or were there any wise guys at all?at wise guy, n.
Underdog 130: Crazy sonsabitches,’ said the man. ‘They think they can beat Dan. They can’t.’ [...] He laughed scornfully. ‘Want to go to hell on a sled, I guess’.at go to hell on a sled! (excl.) under hell, n.
Underdog 46: ‘I was working waitress. I was real green. Didn’t know what was going on, then I met this fellow—Paul. He seemed okay. Pretty soon he had me on the hustle’.at on the hustle under hustle, n.
Underdog 86: ‘I feel so sorry for that poor girl.’ ‘Oh, quit it, Rhea,’ said Dan. ‘You’ll be trying to get him to marry her next’.at quit it!, excl.
Underdog 48: ‘Say,’ said Clinch, how the hell old are you—on the square?’ [...] ‘I’ll be eighteen in November.’ ‘Christ! Jail-bait,’ said Clinch.at jailbait, n.
Underdog 108: [T]he pin-up pictures did not disturb Clinch in the least. He’d done a jolt in the Navy himself, and there such pictures were routine.at jolt, n.
Underdog 228: Clinch [...] took the jumpers and the stocking cap from under the seat and put them on. A working stiff all ready for an eight-hour jolt.at jolt, n.
Underdog 168: ‘You’re a kick,’ said Clinch, tapping her lightly on the chin with his fist.at kick, n.5
Underdog 224: As far as he could tell, he’d lost the prowl, and so far nobody else had picked him up.at lose, v.
Underdog 203: [H]e sat shuffling the bills from pile to pile, counting. [...] On the fifth count, he made it as fifty-eight thousand dollars.at make, v.
Underdog 138: [H]e was still punishing the bottle, more so than before, if anything.at punish, v.
Underdog 57: North River was a sleeper jump from the center of town.at sleeper jump (n.) under sleeper, n.
Underdog 26: ‘I’d like to have ten per cent of what he’s charging Dan for the spring’.at spring, n.
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