1985 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.
1985 N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 98: Most of our action came from bookmakers, not individual bettors.at action, n.
1985 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.
1985 N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 200: I knew Robin was going to get on my ass.at get (on) someone’s ass under ass, n.
1985 N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 42: He didn’t need a couple of wise-ass kids like us ruining his business.at wise-ass, adj.
1985 N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 70: Some B-girls in one place started hustling drinks out of us.at B-girl, n.
1985 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
1985 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.
1985 N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 106: Jimmy had to beat the shit out of him almost every night.at beat the shit out of, v.
1985 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
1985 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.
1985 N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 26: In those days it was no big thing having a suspended sentence on your record.at big thing, n.
1985 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
1985 N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 136: There were more than enough wiseguys around to fuel an all-night blast.at blast, n.1
1985 N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 82: There was ‘Stacks’ Edwards, a black credit-card booster.at booster, n.2
1985 N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 75: I couldn’t believe it. He was going to put me right in a box.at box, n.1
1985 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
1985 N. Pileggi Wiseguy (2001) 185: McDonald got the court’s approval to install electronic bugs.at bug, n.4