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[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 227: If they thought my parents or my sisters knew where we were, their lives wouldn’t be worth two cents.
at not worth a cent, phr.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 145: Lots of guys did their time on acid.
at acid, n.1
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 66: They would discuss [...] how the kids acted up.
at act up, v.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 98: Most of our action came from bookmakers, not individual bettors.
at action, n.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 30: The Vario thugs did most of the strong-arm work for the rest of the Lucchese crime family.
at strong-arm, adj.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 101: I just strong-armed them out of the money.
at strong-arm, v.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 200: I knew Robin was going to get on my ass.
at get (on) someone’s ass under ass, n.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 42: He didn’t need a couple of wise-ass kids like us ruining his business.
at wise-ass, adj.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 50: The places were usually half-assed connected.
at half-assed, adv.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 70: Some B-girls in one place started hustling drinks out of us.
at B-girl, n.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 73: I didn’t want my mother to be right. She had been on my back since we eloped.
at on someone’s back (adj.) under back, n.1
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 115: Stanley and Tommy got so carried away with the ball buster that they killed the guy.
at ball-buster, n.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 106: Jimmy had to beat the shit out of him almost every night.
at beat the shit out of, v.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 119: Next thing I know there’s a beef. We had a sit-down with the guy’s partner.
at beef, n.2
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 98: Jimmy was the kind of guy who would belly up to the craps table and play until his ankles swole.
at belly up (to), v.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 61: Before the cops arrived I gave Steve a few more belts.
at belt, n.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 26: In those days it was no big thing having a suspended sentence on your record.
at big thing, n.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 148: Jerry Asaro, a regular big shot.
at big shot, n.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 188: See, big mouth!
at bigmouth, n.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 117: I was getting ready to do a sixty-day bit on Riker’s Island.
at do a/one’s bit (v.) under bit, n.1
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 136: There were more than enough wiseguys around to fuel an all-night blast.
at blast, n.1
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 115: He lived in the boondocks of Jersey.
at boondocks, n.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 82: There was ‘Stacks’ Edwards, a black credit-card booster.
at booster, n.2
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 120: I did my bouncing with the crew.
at bouncing, n.
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 75: I couldn’t believe it. He was going to put me right in a box.
at box, n.1
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 143: The local prison officials had no way of knowing whether Henry’s case might not be of more than casual interest to the brass.
at brass, n.1
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 183: Then Fran broke down about the robbery.
at break it down, v.1
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 210: Terms such as [...] ‘buds,’ ‘karats,’ ‘OZ’.
at buds, n.1
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 185: McDonald got the court’s approval to install electronic bugs.
at bug, n.4
[US] N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 92: Buy him some drinks. Bullshit a little.
at bullshit, v.
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