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[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 152: I had to pay my respects to the boys in St. Louis and Chicago [...] You’re sure ace-high with them, Charlie.
at ace-high, adj.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 88: It was big, loud and rough and there must have been a dozen cops getting alkyed.
at alkied (adj.) under alky, n.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 125: Ired, when the hell are you going to learn that you can’t let every ape get your goat?
at ape, n.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 121: I may have been straightening out, but they knew my reputation for strong-arm tactics.
at strong-arm, adj.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 109: I pitied any gonif who got his tail in their [i.e. the police] trap now.
at get one’s ass in a crack under ass, n.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 25: Get off my back, you goddam s.o.b.
at get off someone’s back (v.) under back, n.1
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 93: It was a nice feeling to have three or four spots that would throw a blanket over you when the badges or Feds were closing in.
at badge, n.1
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 94: One night, sitting in the car near Lincoln Park banging a couple of shots of good hooch.
at bang, v.1
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 57: What kind of a bang do you get out of this writing.
at get a bang (out of) (v.) under bang, n.1
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 20: Only suckers and losers bank on what they have.
at bank on (v.) under bank, n.1
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 118: It meant nearly $43,000 apiece. It was almost as good as the booze bash!
at bash, n.1
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 6: I was broke, back in stir, and the Big L was surrounding me.
at Big L, n.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 94: We picked up four girls [...] by way of celebrating our decision to go big.
at go big (v.) under big, adv.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 21: This killing was witnessed by twelve hundred cons during the noon meal at the Big Top’s messhall on Sunday, March 26, 1916.
at big top (n.) under big, adj.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 94: Too many of the big boys are afraid that Red’s too hot too handle.
at big boy, n.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 20: I was in so bad with the biggies and Warden Biddle I couldn’t slip any further down the ladder.
at biggie, n.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 60: Is there a blast, or are you going to the Big Rock?
at blast, n.1
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 97: Only a block-headed Irishman wouldn’t recognize the value of surprise.
at blockheaded, adj.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 125: Well, I blew it again . . . damn, damn, damn!
at blow, v.2
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 134: Please, God, don’t let me blow my top again.
at blow one’s top, v.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 103: There were at least a dozen blue-coated bastards scattered all over the neighborhood.
at bluecoat, n.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 138: A shrewd, intelligent con who could write, talk, and make it with the blue noses.
at bluenose, n.1
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 50: I got the bone works when it came to security. They stayed on me like hawks.
at bone, adj.1
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 6: I must have busted four hunded boxes and lifted more than a million.
at box, n.1
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 49: Two major outfits outside were in dire need of a box slugger and would collaborate to break me out.
at box slugger (n.) under box, n.1
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 87: I then did the box-work while Smitty handled the car. The three jobs netted us around $6,000.
at box work (n.) under box, n.1
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 6: I was supposed to be the best box-man in the country.
at boxman, n.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 49: Two major outfits outside were in dire need of a box slugger and would collaborate to break me out.
at break out, v.
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 3: I had plotted and made good a break at Elmira’s correctional institution.
at make a break (v.) under break, n.2
[US] ‘Red’ Rudensky Gonif 98: Kenneally was a fast-buck guy who had a reputation for hot loads.
at fast-buck, adj.
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