1926 C.J. Daly ‘Lurking Shadows’ Triple-X Mag. May 🌐 The Rat knew the Chink’s well. It was a high-class dope shop.at dope shop (n.) under dope, n.1
1926 C.J. Daly ‘Lurking Shadows’ Triple-X Mag. May 🌐 The Rat was flopped with a bullet through the back of his head.at flop, v.
1926 C.J. Daly ‘Lurking Shadows’ Triple-X Mag. May 🌐 Stick-up men, gunmen, dope peddlers, second-story workers— [etc.].at second-storey man (n.) under second, adj.
1926 C.J. Daly ‘Lurking Shadows’ Triple-X Mag. May 🌐 ‘You and me are going to [...] take long trips about the whole world, and take them without leaving here.’ [...] There is a certain pleasure in bringing new victims under the curse of the drug [i.e. opium].at trip, n.4