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Confessions of a Con Man 69: Only one elephant in this show is worth a whoop.at worth a whoop under worth a..., phr.
Confessions of a Con Man 69: Only one elephant in this show is worth a whoop. Confessions of a Con Man 72: If I could get away from our paper the trick was half turned.at turn a trick, v.2
Confessions of a Con Man 30: He gave me the high sign of the profession to show he was all right.at all right, adj.
Confessions of a Con Man 104: We no sooner struck Sydney than we knew we were in bad.at in bad under bad, adj.
Confessions of a Con Man 63: The regular lion man had gone on a Fourth of July bat.at bat, n.3
Confessions of a Con Man 45: I landed there without a bean.at bean, n.1
Confessions of a Con Man 154: You’re a lot of professional beats, and you ought to be arrested.at beat, n.3
Confessions of a Con Man 153: Later in the game you [...] induce him to bet his shirt.at bet one’s buttons (v.) under bet, v.
Confessions of a Con Man 13: I dallied with all the games – phony poker, three-card monte, gold bricks, big joint, wire-tapping [etc.].at big store, n.
Confessions of a Con Man 35: They [i.e. casinos] need boosters to stimulate interest and to keep the game running.at booster, n.1
Confessions of a Con Man 32: Faro [...] came nearest to being a straight game. The introduction of brace boxes and high layouts has changed all that.at brace game, n.
Confessions of a Con Man 120: ‘The broads,’ which is the grafter’s name for three-card monte.at broads, n.
(con. 1880s) Confessions of a Con Man 38: He was the best ‘broad-spieler’ on the road. [Ibid.] 124: I was the ‘broad spieler,’ which means that I did the actual work of manipulation.at broad spieler (n.) under broads, n.
Confessions of a Con Man 126: An average-minded man – what they’re calling a ‘bromide’ these days.at bromide, n.
Confessions of a Con Man 117: He looked over the shell games, the cloth and the roll-out, and pronounced them a bunk.at bunk, n.2
Confessions of a Con Man 70: The more he swore he was broke, the more I swore he had a bill buried.at bury, v.
Confessions of a Con Man 139: He tries to bet me a forty. But I suddenly grow cagey.at cagey, adj.1
Confessions of a Con Man 13: I dallied with all the games – phony poker, three-card monte, gold bricks, [...] and a dozen others.at three-card monte, n.
Confessions of a Con Man 152: We chummed down to the station.at chum, v.
Confessions of a Con Man 18: Cold-decking was his specialty. By ‘cold deck,’ I mean the substitution of a deck, already stacked, for the one which has just been shuffled and cut on the table.at cold-deck, v.1
Confessions of a Con Man 39: The line of con-talk which I acquired in my later experience.at con talk (n.) under con, n.1
Confessions of a Con Man 41: Only the old-time ‘cross’, though with fine, new variations.at cross, n.1
Confessions of a Con Man 76: When we made our divvy he kicked on sending one hundred dollars to the sheriff.at divvy, n.1
Confessions of a Con Man 133: Doggone my buttons, if I didn’t lose her!at doggone, v.
Confessions of a Con Man 166: I ducked from the town of the Scotch banker.at duck, v.1
Confessions of a Con Man 15: He put his roll up against mine under the impression that I would be easy.at easy, adj.
Confessions of a Con Man 79: Wire tapping [...] is only the reverse English on that game.at reverse English, n.
Confessions of a Con Man 38: After monte had got in pretty bad repute, I became a member of the firm which rejuvenated it.at firm, n.
Confessions of a Con Man 70: I reported that the deal was framed.at frame, v.
Confessions of a Con Man 98: I packed my Frenchie to the menagerie superintendant.at Frenchie, n.1
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