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Stories of Chinatown 47: We were all up against the dope, and it was a great crowd that smoked [...] in those days. [...] Actors and actresses came down to Mott Street then to go against the hop.at against, prep.
Stories of Chinatown 47: We were all up against the dope, and it was a great crowd that smoked [...] in those days. [...] Actors and actresses came down to Mott Street then to go against the hop. Stories of Chinatown 7: He’s gone crazy, sure as you live.at sure as you’re a foot high under sure as..., phr.
Stories of Chinatown 51: The fellow who had his nut opened swore positively I was the man [...] who had hit him with a billy.at billy, n.4
Stories of Chinatown 31: What in Pell street parlance is termed a ‘brannigan,’ a condition produced by two gallons of mixed ale to one quart of whiskey.at brannigan, n.
Stories of Chinatown 39: We got pretty well strapped in ’Frisco, down to a couple of hundred.at strapped (for cash), adj.
Stories of Chinatown 29: Why, you can’t walk a step without brushing up against some ‘chips’.at chip, n.3
Stories of Chinatown 50: I went to the damper to see if she had taken the roll, but there wasn’t a cent gone.at damper, n.2
Stories of Chinatown 21: I’d like ter punch the monkey face off’m.at monkey-face, n.
Stories of Chinatown 6: I got stuck on her for fair.at for fair, adv.
Stories of Chinatown 40: That sucker had actually followed us [...] with the flatty and nailed Fritz. [Ibid.] 50: The flatties closed in on me to put on the nippers.at flattie, n.3
Stories of Chinatown 43: The girl [...] had given so many good people the ‘frost’, becoming the property of a Chinaman.at frost, n.
Stories of Chinatown 51: I was just getting into the hearse after being sentenced when Ida ran up.at hearse, n.
Stories of Chinatown 70: This is your last night down here, and you might as well have a little jol.at jolly, n.1
Stories of Chinatown 8: They’re feeling pretty jol in there.at jolly, adj.
Stories of Chinatown 37: He had had a number of invitations to smoke at various layouts.at layout, n.
Stories of Chinatown 50: Pete Reagan and Kid Carroll had turned off some big nabob, and getting leary, had given me the stuff to keep until the thing blew over.at leery, adj.
Stories of Chinatown 63: Strike me blind, but it’s a five-spot.at strike me blind! (excl.) under strike me...!, excl.
Stories of Chinatown 50: Pete Reagan and Kid Carroll had turned off some big nabob.at nabob, n.
Stories of Chinatown 40: That sucker had actually followed us [...] with the flatty and nailed Fritz, who worked the thing.at nail, v.
Stories of Chinatown 50: The flatties closed in on me to put on the nippers.at nipper, n.2
Stories of Chinatown 75: A ‘hop-toy’ of Lee How’s No. 1 opium.at number one, adj.
Stories of Chinatown 7: The boys guyed him [...] and volunteered the information that he was either ‘nutty’ or ‘off his feed’.at nutty, adj.2
Stories of Chinatown 50: Pete Reagan and Kid Carroll had turned off some big nabob, and getting leary, had given me the stuff to keep until the thing blew over.at turn off, v.1
Stories of Chinatown 63: Yer beefstew’s a little on the toughology.at -ology, n.
Stories of Chinatown 38: A little dark-haired peach.at peach, n.1
Stories of Chinatown 52: The boys were constantly making play for her.at make a play for (v.) under play, n.
Stories of Chinatown 41: They would have hung him or sent him up for life.at send up (v.) under send, v.
Stories of Chinatown 36: Bring a shell of dope, will you?at shell, n.
Stories of Chinatown 51: It was a clear case against me, and I got soaked for fourteen years and two months.at soak, v.2
Stories of Chinatown 37: He told me you and he had split. What was the trouble?at split, v.
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