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[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 75: They had me in the bag for nearly 10 G’s [HDAS].
at in the bag under bag, n.1
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 250: Cannon Mob — A group of three or more pickpockets.
at cannon mob (n.) under cannon, n.2
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 250: Case Note — A dollar bill.
at case, n.4
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 67: He handed in ten of them and got two century notes in change.
at century note (n.) under century, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 250: Chill—Contempt; ‘Putting on the chill’—viewing with a scornful eye.
at put the chill on (v.) under chill, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 94: Many of the crude chiselers never strike the happy medium.
at chiseler, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 102: When a chump is clipped for his bankroll the resultant squeal is natural.
at clip, v.1
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 250: Clipped—Having been pleasantly separated from one’s surplus currency.
at clipped, adj.2
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 112: A ‘cooler’ is a deck in which a set of different hands have been placed [...] The introduction of the cooler is made immediately after the regular cards in play have been cut.
at cooler, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 126: Helbig wasn’t such a great guy as he cracked himself up to be.
at not all it’s cracked up to be under crack up, v.1
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 71: I got twenty [jail sentence] flat and the Dutchman and Curly took the same dose.
at dose, n.1
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 250: Drop joints — Places selected for conveniently ‘losing’ articles referred to in ‘The Glim Dropper’ and ‘Sidewalk Rackets’.
at drop joint (n.) under drop, n.1
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 182: Every time the fence hauled away a load he imagined he was getting a tail from the Burns men, the ‘Eyes’ and a half dozen headquarters dicks.
at eye, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 251: Eye—Pinkerton detective.
at eye, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 182: The fall guy now-a-days looks sure for a stretch.
at fall guy, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 65: On a fall he’d bump into the same bit they gave me.
at fall, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 64: That thing belongs in the funny papers, along with the Yellow Kid and Buster Brown.
at funny pages, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 182: They had me in the bag for nearly ten G’s.
at G, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 49: [ch. title] The Glim Dropper.
at glim-dropper (n.) under glim, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 218: The grouch bag was emptied.
at grouch-bag (n.) under grouch, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 252: Gun Mob—A group of three or more pickpockets.
at gun mob (n.) under gun, n.5
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 8243: The large rewards [...] naturally attract the lame-brain species of gyp artist.
at gyp artist (n.) under gyp, n.1
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 64: He mentioned a nigger hackie that used to drive him home.
at hackie, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 182: The D.A.’s are getting hep to the Racket, and horse flies and wised-up D.A.’s are hard to fool.
at get hep (v.) under hep, adj.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 243: Dropping hoops was a favorite pastime with the sidewalk hustlers.
at hoop, n.1
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 252: Hoop or Hoople — A finger ring.
at hoople, n.1
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 182: The D.A.’s are getting hep to the Racket, and horse flies and wised-up D.A.’s are hard to fool.
at horse-fly (n.) under horse, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 181: It’s a tough racket now-a-days. The Shommuses have made the good spots too hot.
at hot, adj.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 173: He packed his little keyster and took the first train back home.
at keister, n.
[US] J. O’Connor Broadway Racketeers 253: Key Man—The member of a mob who closes the deal.
at key man (n.) under key, n.1
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