1904 Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 248: Few. Less than fifteen days. [Ibid.] 266: The month that has twenty-nine days in it is no longer counted as such, and if he has done one day of the last year his time is now ‘eleven and a few,’ or eleven months and a part of the twelfth.at few, a, n.
1904 Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 202: They subsequently learned that one of their number, who had once been an all-right crook, was then a Scotland Yard stool-pigeon.at all right, adj.
1904 Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 257: Strong Arm Guy. Highway robber.at strong-arm man (n.) under strong-arm, adj.
1904 Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 258: Banging supers at the red wagon. Stealing watches at the ticket wagon.at bang, v.3
1904 Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 255: Bang to Rights. Caught in the act.at bang to rights (adv.) under bang, adv.
1904 Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 263: What does the greaser do but flash his rod and bark away. He plugged the main guy for keeps.at bark, v.2
1904 Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 261: As I had plenty of the darb I blew away and beat it back to Chic.at beat it, v.
1904 Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 2: There’s nothing that eats up the black dog like patience – though possibly you can’t get a pack of cards there.at black dog, n.2
1904 Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 261: I blew out and rung in with a couple of penny-weighters. A Tommy and his papa.at blow out, v.4
1904 ‘Number 1500’ Life In Sing Sing 20: A large piece of bread and a cup of the mixture locally honoured by the title of ‘bootleg,’ but appearing in the dietary scale as coffee.at bootleg, n.
1904 Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 261: We got a country jug on our first touch, but the box wasn’t heavy enough for five.at box, n.1
1904 Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 259: He gave them a bull con and they turned him out. He told a plausible story and they discharged him.at bull con (n.) under bull, n.6
1904 Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 81: The ungrateful turnkey, in his expansive moods, calls all the convicts ‘bums’.at bum, n.3
1904 Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 258: Busting the bulls at the big show. Fighting with the police at the circus.at bust, v.1
1904 Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 246: Buster. A fighter. [Ibid.] 258: Tommy Buster. Woman beater.at buster, n.1