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Back Where I Came From (1990) 81: In some places, especially black-and tan [...] spots, all the money comes in during the illegal early hours.at black and tan club, n.
Back Where I Came From (1990) 81: In some places, especially black-and tan [...] spots, all the money comes in during the illegal early hours. Back Where I Came From 136: [The fight] looked like a barney – as if there were some collusion .at barney, n.1
Back Where I Came From (1990) 89: He [...] came back and delivered a case of bathtub gin.at bathtub hooch (n.) under bathtub, n.
Back Where I Came From (1990) 135: Before prohibition I earned good bread.at bread, n.1
Back Where I Came From (1990) 35: Tincanning a mile in front of the field and without a challenger in sight.at tin-can, v.
Back Where I Came From (1990) 109: In the lush days of the cauliflower boom, the game was invaded by cloak-and-suiters [...] seeking to invest their surplus profits in prizefighters.at cauliflower, n.2
Back Where I Came From (1990) 109: In the lush days of the cauliflower boom, the game was invaded by cloak-and-suiters [...] seeking to invest their surplus profits in prizefighters.at cloak-and-suiter (n.) under cloak, n.
Back Where I Came From 110: Watching a cutey spar with an ordinary dull fighter [W&F].at cutie, n.1
Back Where I Came From (1990) 223: You know how old jockeys wind up – with eppes.at eppes, n.
Back Where I Came From (1990) 140: Ten cents’ worth of smoke will out-hit a pint of blended whiskey.at hit, v.
Back Where I Came From (1990) 279: I couldn’t sell out the kibitzers, that had bet on me up to $500.at kibitzer, n.
Back Where I Came From (1990) 153: When a hustler goes on a bender, his intimates say that he’s ‘King-Konging it,’ or simply ‘Konging it.’.at King Kong, v.
Back Where I Came From (1990) 153: The wine of the country [i.e. Harlem] is a liquid sometimes called King Kong [...] The better form [...] is moonshine prepared in kitchen stills from hominy in grits and sugar [...] There is a lower form made from grain alcohol adulterated with rye flavoring.at King Kong, n.
Back Where I Came From (1990) 221: Just lush rollers and moll buzzers and patch pocket workers.at lush roller (n.) under lush, n.1
Back Where I Came From (1990) 87: Detectives [...] are like Feds, always on the shake.at on the shake under shake, n.1
Back Where I Came From (1990) 140: The shock houses have cleaned up their windows [...] and obtained liquor licenses.at shock house (n.) under shock, n.
Back Where I Came From (1990) 205: The women waking fretfully to claw their partners’ faces and scream. This was known as ‘going squirrelly.’.at squirrely, adj.
Back Where I Came From (1990) 90: Hymie goes to his office, which he shares with a man who puts on stag shows.at stag, adj.
Back Where I Came From (1990) 91: He’s a real tummler, that Hymie. He knows to get a dollar.at tummler, n.
Back Where I Came From (1990) 22 1: There may be some old-timers who will go on the whiz again.at on the whiz(z) under whiz, n.4
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