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London and its Criminals 151: Huddled on the seats, dozing and muttering uneasily in their sleep, were the usual motley crowd of down-and-outs.at down-and-out, n.
London and its Criminals 151: Huddled on the seats, dozing and muttering uneasily in their sleep, were the usual motley crowd of down-and-outs. London and its Criminals 235: Members of the Underworld are very partial to ‘bashing’ (other people), the weapons used being more often than not broken bottles and knives or a ‘squeegee’ – a piece of rubber tubing filled with lead.at bash, v.
London and its Criminals 62: They usually keep some kind of ‘bruiser’ on the premises in case of trouble.at bruiser, n.
London and its Criminals 254: The cocaine habit is spreading, a peculiar characteristic of the ‘coke’ fiend being an intense anxiety to pass on the vice.at coke fiend (n.) under coke, n.1
London and its Criminals 32: Madge Carson, one of the smartest ‘con’ women (confidence tricksters) in England.at con-man, n.
London and Its Criminals 7: A week’s remand and the verifying of the ‘dabs’ soon brings their dossier to the court, where their past is laid bare.at dab, n.2
London and its Criminals 225: They will not have to ask twice for ‘doss’ money.at doss, n.1
London and its Criminals 192: How much ‘dough’ ’ave you got on yer?at dough, n.
London and its Criminals 22: I saw a paragraph in the evening paper stating that ‘Izzy’ had ‘gone down’ for a ‘stretch’.at go down, v.
London and its Criminals 270: The finest guard against ‘van-draggers’ is to employ boys to ride in the vans and never leave them as is the practice of many transport agents.at van dragger, n.
London and its Criminals 34: When they got back she put the screw on him to the tune of a ‘grand’.at grand, n.
London and its Criminals 23: Immediately they stole a car they drove it ‘hell for leather’ to their headquarters.at hell for leather (adv.) under hell, n.
London and its Criminals 246: The ‘hook’ is the ‘whizzer’ who actually picks the pocket – he then passes his haul to a confederate.at hook, n.1
London and its Criminals 16: The jemmies, the claws and clamps, and other instruments.at jemmy, n.3
London and its Criminals 21: ‘Well, “Izzy,” how’s business?’ I asked ‘Not so bad, you know,’ he answered. ‘I had a “kettle” (watch) last week which fetched a pony at Ruby’s.’.at kettle, n.1
London and its Criminals 21: The last time I ran across this enterprising pair of ‘tea leaves,’ which is crookese for thieves, was at Oxford Circus.at tea leaf, n.
London and its Criminals 56: Meeting places where all kinds of ‘business’ can be discussed safely without the risk of eaves-dropping by either detectives or a ‘nark’.at nark, n.1
London and its Criminals 145: She ‘peached’ on a woman [...] The woman swore vengeance and when she came out a month or two ago she attacked Peggy with vitriol.at peach, v.
London and its Criminals 30: She hoped to ‘play’ him for a much larger sum later.at play, v.
London and its Criminals 60: Spread out before them on a grimy handkerchief are their day’s ‘pickings’. Several watches [...] three or four ‘props’.at prop, n.3
London and its Criminals 159: There are ‘fences’ who deal in nothing but ‘red stuff’ (jewellery) and plate.at red stuff (n.) under red, adj.
London and its Criminals 8: Most crooks know they cannot evade capture indefinitely and many of them consider a year’s ‘run’ quite good.at run, n.
London and its Criminals 4: One burglar has [...] an irresistible impulse to spoil all the food in the larder of any house he is ‘screwing’.at screw, v.
London and its Criminals 149: After doing his ‘separates’ (solitary confinement) at a local prison.at separate, n.
London and its Criminals 182: He would then be ordered extra bread or ‘skilly,’ a great boon to prisoners none too well fed.at skilly, n.1
London and its Criminals 235: Members of the Underworld are very partial to ‘bashing’ (other people), the weapons used being more often than not broken bottles and knives or a ‘squeegee’ – a piece of rubber tubing filled with lead.at squeegee, n.1
London and its Criminals 226: Ullo, Muvver, what’s up, doin’ a starry?at do a starry (v.) under starry, n.
London and its Criminals 22: ‘Izzy’ had ‘gone down’ for a ‘stretch’ (twelve months).at stretch, n.
London and its Criminals 185: Between the two comes Pentonville, or the ‘Ville’ as it is known in the Underworld.at Ville, the, n.
London and its Criminals 6: I have known crooks whose finger prints were known at the ‘Yard’ actually undergo grafting operations.at Yard, the, n.
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