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Black Players: The World of Black Pimps choose

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[US] Black World May 60: For starters, this seems certain: the Negro fringe player has been badly hurt.
at starters, n.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 93: She had a tremendous hang-up of going out and turning a date with another man.
at turn a trick, v.2
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 87: Once she begins to give him ‘action’ (a certain look, a smile, or a verbal response) the pimp goes into high gear.
at action, n.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 65: He [...] told her he was sorry, apologized to her, got very humble, kissed her ass.
at kiss someone’s arse, v.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 121: Every friendly new face is suspected of being a con artist, informer, or a ‘po-lice’.
at con-artist, n.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 42: Pimping ‘hard’ on a woman or using violence to keep her in line is called shoving a foot up her ass.
at put one’s foot in/up someone’s ass under ass, n.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 171: Thus a ‘bad nigger’ is one who is so ‘bad’ he is ‘good’; he is admirable in his defiance.
at bad nigger (n.) under bad, adj.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 171: A really ‘bad nigger’ is so aggressive that he inspires fear in Blacks as well as Whites.
at bad nigger (n.) under bad, adj.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 88: I get a mental makeup on her Momma, her Daddy, who treated her bad [...] the whole bit.
at whole bit (n.) under bit, n.1
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 134: As he sat forlornly on the curb a Black brother came up. ‘Now ain’t you a bitch — the way you were performing and carrying on.’.
at bitch, n.1
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 41: A nothin’ ass bitch is a woman who will not make any money or, if she does, will not give it to a pimp.
at nothing-ass bitch (n.) under bitch, n.1
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 127: If they see a blood [...] stranded, they take them home and feed them.
at blood, n.2
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 58: If you let her get away with that shit, you gon’ blow [lose her].
at blow, v.2
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 39: Working from a book should not be confused with The Book which refers to an oral tradition containing the rules and techniques of the pussy game. Pimpin’ by The Book means following closely the traditions and techniques which have been transmitted orally until a few years ago when they were recorded for the first time in 1967 by Iceberg Slim, the pseudonymous author of Pimp: The Story of My Life.
at Book, the, n.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 96: She might decide that she wants to be a booster [thief].
at booster, n.2
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 34: A pimp who takes his pimping money and opens a legitimate real estate office is said to have gone on to higher game. He is then no longer a pimp but a player; perhaps even a boss (excellent, tops) player.
at boss player (n.) under boss, adj.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 40: Many players have several ladies, who constitute their stable. Usually the player relies on one to help him recruit new additions, known as stable sisters. This, his key lady, is called the bottom woman. It is her responsibility to help instruct the new recruits, smooth over squabbles, and generally keep things running smoothly. Often the pimp has a special relationship with the bottom woman, and they stay together for years while transient additions come and go. [Ibid.] 77: Shannon, who is the ‘bottom bitch’ of Mitchell’s stable.
at bottom woman (n.) under bottom, n.3
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 40: The process of taking a square broad (one who is not a prostitute) and teaching her the game is called turning her out. This term is also used as a noun, as in ‘she was my second turn-out.’ Apparently the expression derives from turning someone out into the street or the bricks.
at bricks, n.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 40: The process of taking a square broad (one who is not a prostitute) and teaching her game is called turning her out.
at square broad (n.) under broad, n.2
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 128: When you play the middle, you’re on a rope. The only way you can keep from getting burned, like you always do, is keep the rope wet.
at burn, v.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 40: Hustlers often speak of taking care of business, which is frequently abbreviated as TCB. This can mean anything from selling some marijuana to having to slap a woman who is ‘out of line,’ and is a recognition that the ‘illegitimate’ world involves necessary ‘business,’ just like the ‘legit’ world which excludes them.
at take care of business, v.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players vii: Looking back at the parade which has passed through our lives, we see [...] suburbanites, streetwalkers, revolutionaries, call girls, writers, tough guys, homosexuals, photographers, publishers, lawyers.
at call-girl, n.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 134: As he sat forlornly on the curb a Black brother came up. ‘Now ain’t you a bitch — the way you were performing and carrying on.’.
at carry on, v.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 227: At home he’s probably so passive, the Milquetoast type, you dig?
at Caspar Milquetoast, n.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 17: You could be makin’ plenty money ’steada shakin’ yo’ ass for chump change.
at chump change, n.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 139: Whenever some nigga brings in some money from Mister Charlie, all the other niggas want a piece.
at Mr Charlie, n.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 33: Black pimps never solicit for their women if they are ‘true pimps’ and call a man who does a cigarette pimp, popcorn pimp or chile pimp.
at chile pimp (n.) under chile-, pfx
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 71: The Book says a pimp must never ‘chippy’ (make love to a woman for the pleasure of it).
at chippie, v.2
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 41: If a pimp finds he is hitting on a bitch successfully he announces to her that he is ready to be chosen, and asks that she present him with her choosing money, that is, money that she will give him for the honor of joining his stable.
at choosing money, n.
[US] Milner & Milner Black Players 140: The teacher’s just tryin’ to brainwash you so you’ll take a chump job.
at chump job (n.) under chump, n.
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