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[US] J.B. Rubinstein City Police 374: The ‘fixer’ and the ‘bagman’ became established fixtures in the police stations and courthouses.
at bagman, n.
[US] J.B. Rubinstein City Police 397: Everyone assumes that plain-clothesmen take something. ‘They’ve been in clothes for some time now. You know how it is, everybody in the district knows who they are but they still make some pinches.’.
at in clothes under clothes, n.
[US] J.B. Rubinstein City Police 427: You know why that dumb-fuck sergeant has Smith drive him?
at dumb-fuck, adj.
[US] J.B. Rubinstein City Police 364: Patrol men dress up as cab drivers, drunks, [...] shop-keepers, and even old ladies, called ‘grannies’.
at granny, n.1
[US] J.B. Rubinstein City Police 232: You know what them fuckin’ jitterbugs do to you for no reason at all?
at jitterbug, n.
[US] J.B. Rubinstein City Police 398: I locked him once.
at lock, v.1
[US] J.B. Rubinstein City Police 399: The porkies have the bar [...] You know whose got the license? Pilz, the bookie over on Warner Street. That motherfucker got the license and he’s puttin’ a porkie in as front man.
at porky, n.
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