Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Sutton & Linn Where The Money Was (2004) 319: I was surrounded by a double rank of armed bluecoats.at bluecoat, n.
Sutton & Linn Where The Money Was (2004) 229: The first thing that comes into the mind of an inmate on a thing like that [i.e. a psychiatric interview] is that they’re going to try to ‘bug’ him.at bug, v.6
Sutton & Linn Where The Money Was (2004) 350: The Bronx County jail, more popularly known as the Singing School because that’s where they always sent the canaries.at canary, n.1
Sutton & Linn Where The Money Was (2004) 392: The ‘dirty shirts’ – the ambulance chasers of the courtroom [...] They wouldn’t know how to actually try a case if their life depended on it.at dirty shirt, n.2
Sutton & Linn Where The Money Was (2004) 359: A ‘dropper’ – a heating device which was made by attaching a couple of wires to a carbon rod.at dropper, n.5
Sutton & Linn Where The Money Was (2004) 210: He was going to jigger the door in a way that would allow us to get in.at jigger, v.2
Sutton & Linn Where The Money Was (2004) 239: I had got to know Tenuto because he locked in the 7 block.at lock, v.1
Sutton & Linn Where The Money Was (2004) 263: A cop in jail [...] The guards hate him because he went lousy.at lousy, adj.
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