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Apaches of New York choose

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[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 267: All this time Caesar is the big screech.
at big screech (n.) under big, adj.
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 10 7: I don’t know as I’d call it a vice so much as a bonehead play.
at bonehead play (n.) under bonehead, n.1
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 206: I for one shall retire to th’ booby house an’ devote th’ remainder of an ill-spent life to cuttin’ paper dolls.
at booby house (n.) under booby, n.1
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 87: She’d have put him hep to that bullet in his breather, mebby.
at breather, n.
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 128: As a derrick she’ got the Darby Kid an the best of ’em beat four ways from th’ jack.
at derrick, n.1
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 265: They was lyin’ [...] an’ givin’ each other th’ rinkey-dink in th’ old days same as now.
at rinky dink, n.
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 219: It’ll be a gun-fight, an’ he’s a dream wit’ a gatt.
at dream, n.1
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 111: Youse’ve got to wear ’em at these swell feeds [...] They’d give youse the gate if you don’t.
at give someone the gate (v.) under gate, n.
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 131: He joined out wit’ that mob of gons Goldie Lovie took to Syracuse last fall.
at gonnof, n.
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 23: ‘What was that shooting?’ ‘Oh, a couple of geeks started to hand it to each other.’.
at hand it to (v.) under hand, v.
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 39: Spanish [...] had joined out with a mob [of pickpockets].
at join out (v.) under join, v.
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 206: The men were thieves of the cheap grade known as lush-workers.
at lush worker (n.) under lush, n.1
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 226: A couple of munks carries him to his bunk.
at monk, n.
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 142: Th’ trip [...] leaves me on the nut for twelve hundred bones.
at on the nut under nut, n.1
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 128: But w’at wit’ th’ stores full of private dicks a booster can’t do much.
at private dick (n.) under private, adj.
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 28: You heard what he said about comin’ ’round ag’in? Take my tip an’ rib yourself up wit’ a rod. That Spanish is a tough kid!
at rib (someone) up (v.) under rib, v.
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 242: There’s nothin’ in that high society stuff. A smart guy like me could learn his way t'rough in a week.
at smart guy (n.) under smart, adj.
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 67: Gangster: ‘It’s only thirteen months, Kid. You won’t mind it.’ Pioggi: ‘Mind it! I could do it standing on me head!’.
at do something standing on one’s head (v.) under stand, v.2
[US] A.H. Lewis Apaches of N.Y. 51: Stuss licks up [...] a round full fifth of all the East side earns, and to viggresh should be given the black glory thereof.
at vigorish, n.
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