1967 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 36: Next time I took a floater, 90 days suspended.at floater, n.3
1967 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 15: Most state pens pay a little and give a man ‘gate money’.at gate money (n.) under gate, n.
1967 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 16: We heard this morning that 25 guys in jail got kickouts to go pick apples.at kickout, n.
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 57: Those punk cops are busy playing grab-ass — they’re all queer.at play grab-ass (v.) under grab-ass, n.
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 61: I’m [...] glad the T.B. diagnosis was negative. I do not believe the ‘bug’ could survive long in my alky cooling and fuel steam.at bug, n.4
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 58: Traffic cases first, drunks finaly [sic] at 10.00 a.m., 20 at a clip.at clip, n.1
1968 in J. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 230: They are essentially alcoholics and have gone through it cold turkey so many times, they can handle it.at cold turkey, adv.
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 35: A well-dressed gent, New Year’s day, hands bums/dings a buck.at ding, n.2
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 30: I had twenty-three bucks when booked. Now they tell me I’ve only got $3.30. I guess I’m a fucked duck—I’ve got twenty days hanging [HDAS].at fucked duck (n.) under fucked, adj.1
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 47: Judge blows a gasket.at blow a gasket (v.) under gasket, n.
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 57: Warren came back with a few raw potatoes (Irish apples).at Irish apple (n.) under Irish, adj.
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 46: Mush – soup – Supper of meatless stew.at mush, n.1
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 42: Says you don’t have to take a ‘nose dive’ my place.at nosedive, n.
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 29: Nothing is read — could strain the optics.at optic, n.
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 58: Show him my minor nasty-looking wound. Took me to the ‘pill-roller’.at pill-roller (n.) under pill, n.
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 36: Have a gent light a cigarette and then flush butt down shitter when you’re dying for a smoke.at shitter, n.1
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 223: I’m getting shaky and anxious because I’m on short time. [...] Short time is hard time and the last few days are the hardest to do.at short time, n.
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 34: I [...] depended on sis-in-law and nephew.at sis, n.
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 48: Believe I’m not being ‘spanked’ for being drunk but for not having $20 license fee.at spank, v.1
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 41: Salvation Army stiffs are clannish. They spot a non-stiff and feel superior.at stiff, n.1
1968 in J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk (1988) 229: I put on a T-shirt and suntans.at suntans (n.) under sun, n.
1988 J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk 99: Flopping is the most common word, but such synonyms as sleeping, corking out, and crapping out are also used.at cork out (v.) under cork, v.1
1988 J.P. Spradley You Owe Yourself a Drunk 116: ‘Crummies,’ or cabooses, are often kept heated for those who travel in them.at crummy, n.3