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Big Con 226: If a city provides complete [...] protection for one or more favoured con mobs, it is known as ‘airtight’.at airtight, adj.
Big Con 226: If a city provides complete [...] protection for one or more favoured con mobs, it is known as ‘airtight’. Big Con 132: The con men felt free to ‘rip and tear’ – that is, to grift without restraint.at rip and tear, v.2
Big Con 196: ‘Storm-and-strife’ is a common argot word for wife.at storm (and strife), n.
Big Con 148: I put you away strong. [Ibid.] 304: To put (someone) away. For a confidence man to pose as some prominent person whom he resembles, or to point out an accomplice as some prominent person.at put away, v.
Big Con 159: He has official custody of the ‘B.R.’ or ‘boodle’.at b.r., n.
Big Con 106: A Babbitt who has cleared half a million in real-estate development.at babbitt, n.
Big Con 59: He’s a hefty baby.at baby, n.
Big Con 237: They must ‘kick back’ the money which the fixer has already distributed.at kick back, v.1
Big Con 243: Don’t level so hard on them, Erpy. It’s in the bag.at in the bag under bag, n.1
Big Con 296: excess baggage. A grifter who is incapable of discharging his duties with the mob.at excess baggage, n.
Big Con 296: faro-bank. 2. To take a mark’s money by allowing him to win and lose, always losing more than he wins. Also to bankroll.at faro-bank, n.
Big Con 289: To bankroll. 1. For the insideman to finance an outside man with expense-money. 2. to take a victim’s money allowing him to win and lose, always losing more than he wins.at bankroll, v.
Big Con 15: The mark beefed, but the fix was secure.at beef, v.1
Big Con 124: He was no beefer, and when he blew his cush, he just laughed it off.at beefer (n.) under beef, v.1
Big Con 107: They gave him the best of it for about fifty G.at give someone the best of it (v.) under best (of it), n.
Big Con 4: The big store, a fake gambling club or broker’s office, in which the victim is swindled.at big store, n.
Big Con 172: The political bigwigs [...] who, in one way or another, derive revenue in return for protection.at bigwig, n.
Big Con 290: The bilk. A short-con swindle worked on a brothel-madam.at bilk, n.
Big Con 105: That bird must be stupid to fall for a game like that.at bird, n.1
Big Con 290: block game. The three-shell game played with small hollow boxes, weighted on the top. Also the blocks, the boxes, the dinks, the hinks, the nuts, the peeks, the shells.at block game (n.) under block, n.8
Big Con 27: The joint wanted to know how much your egg would blow.at blow, v.2
Big Con 290: The mark never blowed it was a gaff.at blow, v.1
Big Con 156: The secret to long immunity from arrest is a properly staged blow-off.at blow off, n.2
Big Con 4: Getting him out of the way as quietly as possible. (Blowing him off.).at blow off, v.1
Big Con 290: boat rider. A professional gambler who rides the ocean liners and frequently ropes for confidence games. Also deep-sea gambler.at boat rider (n.) under boat, n.1
Big Con 290: To bobble. To excite a mark’s suspicions, especially while short-changing him.at bobble, v.
Big Con 160: In really big stores the boodle may contain [...] as much as $20,000.at boodle, n.1
Big Con 292: To clear the book. For the police to attempt to pin several unsolved crimes on a known criminal.at clear the book (v.) under book, n.
Big Con 239: Bosh [...] anyone can swindle a sucker.at bosh!, excl.1
Big Con 264: The boys will be here any minute.at boys, the, n.
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