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Seventeen 4: ‘They said she was goin’ to bring a girl to visit her,’ Johnnie began in a confidential tone. ‘They said she was a reg’lar ringdinger and –’.at ringdinger, n.
Seventeen 4: ‘They said she was goin’ to bring a girl to visit her,’ Johnnie began in a confidential tone. ‘They said she was a reg’lar ringdinger and –’. Seventeen Years in the Und. 62: Another type of the gentleman crook is the badger man—a sort of blackmailer, whose work is helped to its consummation by a woman companion.at badger-man (n.) under badger, n.1
Seventeen Years in the Und. 83: During my career as a yegg I was arrested four times and stood trial in two of the cases and ‘beat’ (was acquitted in) both.at beat, v.
Seventeen Years in the Und. 61: A good ‘front’ (appearance) in their line is essential to success.at front, n.1
Seventeen Years in the Und. 64: The illgotten gains are spent ‘slopping up’ (getting drunk) in the jungles (outside the city).at jungle, n.
Seventeen Years in the Und. 64: The illgotten gains are spent ‘slopping up’ (getting drunk) in the jungles (outside the city).at slop up (v.) under slop, n.1
Seventeen Years in the Und. 16: A small hand reaches out to a case of rings, nervous fingers lift a ‘sparkle’ from its velvet bed.at sparkle, n.
Seventeen Years in the Und. 60: The stick-up man with his stealthy tread and ever-ready ‘rod’.at stick-up man (n.) under stick-up, n.
Seventeen Years in the Und. 69: Looking about for easy graft, we decided ‘working the rattlers’ looked promising. ‘Working the rattler’ is a term [...] to denote the robbing of freight trains.at work the rattler(s) (v.) under work, v.
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