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Limey 9: The petty offenders and the ‘no-account’ bums were dealt with at incredible speed.at no-account, adj.
Limey 9: The petty offenders and the ‘no-account’ bums were dealt with at incredible speed. Limey 36: ‘Lo Limey,’ he greeted me. ‘How ya stackin’ ’em up?’.at how are they stacking up?, phr.
Limey 90: That’d be a dead bang give-away.at dead-bang, adj.
Limey 159: She ‘made’ an old farmer that’d come all the way from Iowa for a ‘bend’ (razzle).at bend, n.2
Limey 179: You c’n bet your sweet life that guy’s bin double-crossed by a Jane.at bet one’s (sweet) life (v.) under bet, v.
Limey 12: I learned that Brussi was the big noise in his own small territory – of Long Island City in Queen’s.at big noise (n.) under big, adj.
Limey 8: The convict is just ‘sent up the river to the Big House’.at big house, n.
Limey 269: I think the word ‘boneroo’ has a Mexican origin. At San Quentin it means, among many other things, ‘privileged.’ ‘A boneroo guy’ is a man with enough influence and money to wear boneroo clothes and have a boneroo job and mix with a boneroo bunch. [...] 274: I used to spend hours chatting with another ‘boneroo’ guy.at bonaroo, adj.
Limey 256: The other men were bank robbers, pay-roll robbers, stick-ups, ‘box’ (safe) blowers and nondescripts.at box, n.1
Limey 10: Half the poor devils [...] didn’t know until afterwards whether they had a ‘lucky break’ or a ‘raw deal’.at break, n.1
Limey 10: Well, what would it be worth to you to ‘hit the bricks?’ (be turned loose).at hit the bricks (v.) under bricks, n.
Limey 35: Lay off the broads (keep away from the girls), Limey, or you’ll sure be in lots o’ trouble.at broad, n.2
Limey 158: One of the regulars, a girl called Mavis [...] specialized in middle-aged old buffers.at buffer, n.3
Limey 141: Say, don’t run away with the notion that I’m a wild, Johnny Bull hatin’ Irishman.at John Bull, n.1
Limey 39: He pulled a bunch more jobs after that.at bunch, n.1
Limey 112: In America they call such a man a ‘bunco artist’.at bunco artist (n.) under bunco, n.
Limey 5: I had no plans beyond looking around ‘the big burg’.at big burg (n.) under burg, n.1
Limey 25: I usually use this Cad.at Cad, n.
Limey 218: She was a gun moll [...] She carried for Hicky the Killer.at carry, v.
Limey 163: I have got somethin’ ‘cased’ (prospected), but I haven’t finished dopin’ it out yet.at case, v.1
Limey 34: We didn’t stop for jollifications and chin-waggings.at chinwag, v.
Limey 267: I was sorry ‘Spud’ had decided to chum with Castillo, but I suppose he thought I should be a dull cell mate.at chum, v.
Limey 266: Many of the guards worked in conjunction with the big ‘con bosses,’ serving convicts themselves, who had divided San Quentin up into gang territories.at con boss (n.) under con, n.1
Limey 126: That type of ‘Dutch courage’ doper is not satisfied with marijuana [...] they want something with a real kick to it, like morphine.at Dutch courage, n.
Limey 242: I’ll be mighty glad when we’ve had a man-size ‘crack’ (talk) to Stan.at crack, n.1
Limey 163: It’s a ‘creep joint’ over at Long Beach, an’ it’s a dandy little spot for what we want.at creep joint, n.
Limey 33: ‘Jiminy crickets!’ she said to Sprout approvingly.at jiminy cricket!, excl.
Limey 230: If you’re not dated up, Limey [...] come round to my place. I wanna talk to ya.at date, v.1
Limey 146: I’d throw a ‘whingding’ (fit) if you showed me that much.at wing-ding, n.
Limey 200: Somebody’s done you a whole heap o’ dirt an’ you’ve hit the bottom step with a bang.at do dirt to someone (v.) under dirt, n.
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