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[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 Then he went up in the air like a balloon and exploded.
at go up in the air (v.) under air, n.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 Marge and Dot were two of a score of come-alongs that steered and decoyed for the spot.
at come-along, n.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 He was in the big town from three days to a week about seven times a year.
at big town, n.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 You’d think this joint was a flop-house the way you bums is snoozing around nursing your hangovers and blotting up drinks.
at blot up, v.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 He landed a terrific bop on Shiv’s button and sent him staggering.
at bop, n.1
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 We’re going to bounce Shiv and his punks and apaches around!
at bounce, v.1
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 As gold diggers they could chisel nicer and dig deeper than any two chippies on the big stem.
at chippie, n.1
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 Here I’ve been taking care of that damned Blinkie guy [...] and the son has been cutting in on me.
at cut in, v.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 The rest of his time was spent drumming his wares in the New England territory.
at drum, v.3
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 So you think you’re putting one over on me and playing me for a sap.
at play for, v.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 I guess I oughta give him the gate on account of ‘Shiv’ but I just ain’t been able to do it yet.
at give someone the gate (v.) under gate, n.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 I’ll break his gol-damned neck!
at goldarned, adj.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 He spent [time] in Dale’s gymnasium [...] It was a part of his old stamping grounds.
at stamping ground(s), n.1
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 They played heavy roles in the affairs of the Pink Kitten clip joint.
at heavy, adj.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 Crooked taxi drivers who took a cut on all victims steered by them to the hurrah joint.
at hurrah joint (n.) under hurrah, n.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 Blinkie Booth sagged into the joint. He was carrying a katzenjammer that weighed a ton.
at katzenjammer, n.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 The victim was plied with spiked and loaded drinks at his or her own expense.
at loaded, adj.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 As gold diggers they could chisel nicer and dig deeper than any two chippies on the big stem.
at main stem, n.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 Shiv summoned his massed pulchritude to the women’s room and opened up on the girls.
at open (up) (on) (v.) under open, v.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 Here I’ve been taking care of that damned Blinkie guy, playing him for a half-wise scout and not letting him get taken.
at play, v.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 He was giving all the hardworking, pavement-pounding chippies hell.
at pound the pavement (v.) under pound, v.2
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 Your broad, the big blonde, is slipping you the skids [...] she’s nuts about that Blinkie guy.
at put the skids under (v.) under skids, n.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 Here I’ve been taking care of that damned Blinkie guy [...] and the son has been cutting in on me.
at sonofabitch, n.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 The victim was plied with spiked and loaded drinks at his or her own expense.
at spiked, adj.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 Marge and Dot were two of a score of come-alongs that steered and decoyed for the spot.
at spot, n.3
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 Marge and Dot were two of a score of come-alongs that steered and decoyed for the spot.
at steer, v.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. [Internet] The girls plastered their mugs with make-up ready for their strolls on the stem.
at stroll, n.
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 Frenchy [...] was just sweating his dirty hide to unload the big gossip to the boss.
at sweat one’s arse off (v.) under sweat, v.2
[US] M. Rand ‘Clip-Joint Chisellers’ in Ten Story Gang Aug. 🌐 Police sirens sounded! [...] All hands and the cooks were bundled into the black wagons.
at black wagon (n.) under wagon, n.
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