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[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 246: Anchored. Stationed; stationary.
at anchor, v.
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 246: Angel. Person easily victimized.
at angel, n.
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 257: Strong Arm Guy. Highway robber.
at strong-arm man (n.) under strong-arm, adj.
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 258: Banging supers at the red wagon. Stealing watches at the ticket wagon.
at bang, v.3
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 255: Bang to Rights. Caught in the act.
at bang to rights (adv.) under bang, adv.
[US] 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
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 246: Barker. An auctioneer.
at barker, n.1
[US] Number 1500 Life in Sing Sing 246: Bats. Delirium tremens.
at bat, n.5
[US] 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.
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 246: Belched, spoke.
at belch, v.
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 246: Belched. [...] turned informer.
at belch, v.
[US] 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
[US] 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
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 263: Everything was on the good, when we got a blow.
at blow, n.3
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 253: Sky blue. Vegetable soup.
at sky blue, n.
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 246: Bluff. Bluster; a false impression.
at bluff, n.1
[US] ‘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.
[US] 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
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 246: Buck. A priest.
at buck, n.1
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 246: Buddy. Companion.
at buddy, n.
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 246: Bug. A trollop.
at bug, n.6
[US] 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
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 81: The ungrateful turnkey, in his expansive moods, calls all the convicts ‘bums’.
at bum, n.3
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 246: Bunger. A discolored eye.
at bunger, n.2
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 246: Buried. Convicted.
at buried, adj.
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 246: Buried. To cheat.
at bury, v.
[US] 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
[US] Number 1500 Life In Sing Sing 246: Buster. A fighter. [Ibid.] 258: Tommy Buster. Woman beater.
at buster, n.1
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