1935 W. Mahoney ‘TheRuse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 He’s ducked into this joint, or I miss my guess.at duck, v.1
1935 W. Mahoney ‘The Ruse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 A petty grifter with a burning ambition to become an underworld big shot.at grifter, n.
1935 W. Mahoney ‘TheRuse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 Say, Mose, how about guzzling a cup of jamok?at jamoke, n.1
1935 W. Mahoney ‘The Ruse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 Why the hell didn’t you nab the rat in Mondell’s joint? He’ll mope plenty fast now.at mope, v.
1935 W. Mahoney ‘The Ruse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 Mink is hard people. He wouldn’t talk.at people, n.
1935 W. Mahoney ‘The Ruse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 [...] he said, jerking a thumb toward the cottage, ‘Sammy Mondell’s scatter.’ [...] The abode of Sammy Mondell [...] was well known as a favorite hangout of dope peddlers.at scatter, n.
1935 W. Mahoney ‘The Ruse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 Why not run them mugs in and put the screws to them?at put the screw(s) on (v.) under screw, n.1
1935 W. Mahoney ‘The Ruse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 They ain’t cookies — they are tough babies.at tough baby (n.) under tough, adj.