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(con. 1950s) Straight Life 170: All tough guys, bad-acting cats.at bad actor (n.) under bad, adj.
(con. 1950s) Straight Life 170: All tough guys, bad-acting cats. (con. 1960) Straight Life 261: I got busted for possession, dead bang.at dead-bang, adv.
(con. 1953) Straight Life 139: I was once in jail with a Chinaman. He had been shooting ‘black’ (opium) for years.at black, n.
(con. 1953) Straight Life 140: They squirt this bug juice underneath your arms [...] and they squirt it all around your joint.at bug juice (n.) under bug, n.4
(con. 1969) Straight Life 397: Hey, your cellie’s asleep.at cellie, n.
(con. 1955–58) Straight Life 177: You’re getting that rep of being a loner and kind of flippy.at flippy, adj.
(con. 1953) Straight Life 142: They’re grasshoppers, busted for pot.at grasshopper, n.3
Straight Life 67: Every now and then I’d run into some pot. They had what they called Gunje, which was black.at gunge, n.2
(con. 1950s) Straight Life 141: I was white and I was a heroin addict, so I went to the white hype tank. [Ibid.] 169: I’m a dopefiend. I want to go to the hype tank.at hype tank (n.) under hype, n.2
Straight Life 143: These guys were shipped out to max at the farm.at max, v.
(con. 1960) Straight Life 260: ‘Maybe he’s packing something.’ There’s two ways of carrying dope into a jail. Either you swallow it and vomit it up, or else you’ve got it stuck up your ass.at pack, v.1
(con. 1960) Straight Life 226: If someone bad-rapped you to a friend of yours, he’d say, ‘Hey, man don’t talk about him like that’.at bad rap (v.) under rap, v.1
(con. 1960) Straight Life 263: The rollers have to get the key to get in.at roller, n.
(con. 1954–5) Straight Life 170: You never called them black then. You respectfully called them colored or suedes.at suede, n.
(con. 1950s) Straight Life 177: We had a saying: ‘To loosen your wig.’ When you got uptight and really nervous, then you’d ‘unscrew your cap,’ and [...] get silly and nutty and make weird noises.at loose wig (n.) under wig, n.2
(con. 1960) Straight Life 246: The story of Diane – The Great Zeeeero.at zero, n.
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