1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 119: There was a bouncer at the old Bohemian Club who used a persuader in both hands.at bouncer, n.1
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 239: The Prince got wind of it somehow, braced Magee last Friday and booted him out.at brace, v.
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 179: Large evening at Manny’s. All-Prince Night. Big doings.at doings, n.1
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 43: He’s still dopey and they’re afraid he might kick off if we try to put the question to him.at dopey, adj.1
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 103: It’s been a rough shake for you. All round.at fair shake, n.
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 166: If he starts flubbing around [...] bring him in.at flub, v.
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 88: What’s the gag, Wilde? You trying to get that bastard, Magee, out of jail?at gag, n.
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 62: The Prince wasn’t really so strong there. His bass was always a little honky.at honkie, adj.
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 137: I hear she is hot with the warbling and maybe I can use her.at hot, adj.
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 204: We want to keep Magee on ice but we can’t do it for long without a good strong charge.at on ice (adj.) under ice, n.1
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 178: He used to hit the bottle awful hard. That’s why most people thought he was such a lush.at lush, n.1
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 32: That’s because I don’t shoot off my yap so much.at shoot off one’s mouth (v.) under shoot off, v.
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 119: Buster’s white kid gloves held a tight pocket of chamois sewn snugly around an ounce of bird shot. In his gloves, the persuaders were lethal.at persuader, n.
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 223: Magee is alibied tight and the D.A. is popping his cork.at pop one’s cork (v.) under pop, v.1
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 229: She came here to put the screws to the Prince.at put the screw(s) on (v.) under screw, n.1
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 51: The Department won’t split a gut trying to find Joslin.at split a gut (v.) under split, v.
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 170: Just play it straight, like a smart boy, huh?at play (it) straight (v.) under straight, adv.
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 126: ‘All these rhythm ticklers is nuts.’ The piano man prodded the table.at tickler, n.
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 206: I tipped my mitt to Owens and dropped into a chair.at tip one’s mitt (v.) under tip, v.3
1950 B. Spicer Blues for the Prince (1989) 73: He is, he was, a useless, caterwauling Uncle Tom. His father, though, is a great Negro, a man of his people.at Uncle Tom, n.