1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 39: He came out of the army a pork-and-bean middleweight, but smart enough to give up the ring.at pork-and-beans, adj.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 39: You have the sincere fellows, some jerks, and a few angle lads – wanting to get in on the ground floor.at angle, n.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 76: For once I want to nail down a big boy, a top apple.at apple, n.1
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 65: He lowered his voice. ‘Union would have my rear if they knew.’.at have someone’s ass under ass, n.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 21: Don’t make a horse’s rear out of yourself, especially if you might get on the force someday.at horse’s ass, n.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 36: I told the old-bag waitress to give me a double hunk.at bag, n.1
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 10: Kenny, the bellhop, took another fifteen cents besides his tips.at bellhop (n.) under bell, n.1
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 62: I let go of him. ‘All right. Sorry I blew my cap, buddy.’.at blow one’s top, v.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 31: Bill Ash had been my boon buddy for a lot of years.at boon, n.2
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 57: The bootleg boxing bouts when a carload of us ‘amateurs’ would tour in a battered heap [...] fighting each night under a phony name.at bootleg, adj.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 16: ‘All this — hotel business — must be rather tame for you, isn’t it, Marty?’ ‘Bounce a drunk now and then [...] That’s about it.’.at bounce, v.1
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 50: Didn’t I read about you being bounced from the force?at bounce, v.1
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 10: ‘Beat it, you sweatbox.’ ‘You ain’t kidding, I feel soggy.’.at sweat-box, n.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 22: You really going to marry a Jew-girl? [...] I’m not bigoted. I’ve known some pretty good nigger cops and Jew-boys.at Jew boy, n.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 101: A friend of Harold’s is breaking her in and since Florence was sick tonight, Harold sent her.at break (someone) in (v.) under break, v.1
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 46: Long as I have a buddy-buddy like you, Dewey pal, what have I to worry about?at buddy-buddy, n.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 43: I can’t sit here and bull with you while the other girls are turning all the tricks.at bull, v.1
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 15: I’ve had some bum food and my stomach won’t let me sleep.at bum, adj.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 27: Whenever she worked one of the burleycue houses in New Jersey, I’d go over to watch her.at burlycue, n.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 57: There was a creepy-looking case sitting opposite me — looked like a junkie.at case, n.1
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 84: Downtown just chewed my end out again.at chew (on) someone’s ass (v.) under chew, v.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 66: A nice setup, so about three weeks ago Lande chucks it all.at chuck, v.2
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 35: He’s such a strutting jerk, somebody is due to clip him.at clip, v.1
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 36: I had a sudden longing for watermelon and stopped in at the corner coffeepot.at coffee-pot (n.) under coffee, n.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 17: I know how it is, your first collar always seems the greatest crime.at collar, n.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 108: ‘It was so hot last night I stuck me head in the ice-cube tray,’ I corn-balled.at cornball, v.
1956 ‘Ed Lacy’ Men from the Boys (1967) 12: A poor joke that Ross didn’t crack a smile over.at crack a smile (v.) under crack, v.2