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Hands Up! 380: Before he came to his senses the detective had secured the razor and had the handcuffs, or, as they are called in police parlance, ‘come-alongs,’ on his wrists.at come-along, n.
Hands Up! 380: Before he came to his senses the detective had secured the razor and had the handcuffs, or, as they are called in police parlance, ‘come-alongs,’ on his wrists. Hands Up! 72: He received an electric shock from Wooldridge’s billy, which struck him under the ear.at billy, n.4
Hands Up! 264: McGinnis pulled a piece of garden hose filled with shot from his pocket and used it as a billy.at billy, n.4
Hands Up! 75: Men of prominence in the speculative world mingled with those who made dollar deals and they sat side by side in the ‘Black Maria’.at Black Maria, n.
Hands Up! 106: The booster meets the victim and conducts him to a saloon or byway and there the operator is found shaking three dice.at booster, n.1
Hands Up! 95: These gangs, also known as ‘broad’ gangs, were allied with certain politicians. [Ibid.] 96: The stranger was then conducted to the ‘broad’ joint, usually an office located in the levee district.at broads, n.
Hands Up! 74: He made a raid on the bucket shops and arrested all the speculators he could find.at bucket shop, n.
Hands Up! 49: They jumped into a carriage, and the driver was told to ‘burn the street.’.at burn the earth (v.) under burn, v.
Hands Up! 104: ‘Cappers’ are sent out to bring in the rural visitors. They are told of the ‘big sights’ to be seen in this wonderful place; shown pictures of women in suggestive attitudes and hear stories of a reproduction of a harem and this more easily leads out-of-town sightseers astray than anything else.at capper, n.1
Hands Up! 66: South side clothing ‘cappers’ rubbed their hands together in glee when the detectives passed them, offering them every inducement to come in and buy.at capper, n.1
Hands Up! 71: There were at least one hundred and fifty of the toughest characters on the levee in the saloon.at character, n.
Hands Up! 68: The ‘shell man’ [...] declared [...] that it was the cleverest case of ‘con’ on the part of detectives that he had ever seen worked.at con, n.1
Hands Up! 313: Another section of this ‘Satan’s Mile’ which began at Taylor street was called ‘Coon Hollow,’ on account of the large colored population.at coon bottom (n.) under coon, n.
(ref. to 1892) Hands Up! 70: William Smith [...] was [...] a business man, liquor merchant, sport, politician, and dude. He wore, a silk hat, light lavender pants, white vest, patent leather shoes with white gaiters over the ankles, a gold watch with massive chain, diamond studs and finger rings, carried a gold toothpick behind his ear, four different colored pencils in his vest pocket, and had a messenger boy, in uniform, to carry his orders and messages.at dude, n.1
Hands Up! 195: Wooldrige [...] received information that there was a ‘fence,’ which is a place where stolen goods are stored.at fence, n.1
Hands Up! 93: Charles Gundorf, known as a ‘fixer’ and also as the ‘King of the Con Men.’.at fixer, n.1
Hands Up! 330: She said that Delia Foley and George Mead [...] were flat workers, burglars and thieves.at flat worker, n.
Hands Up! 312: Chicago once had a ‘Hell’s Half Acre’ which had a better right to the title perhaps than any place this side of the hereafter.at hell’s half acre (n.) under hell, n.
Hands Up! 215: A ‘layout’ can be purchased for any amount up to $5. It consists of the [...] ‘hen toy,’ in which the opium is kept, and a tray on which the above utensils are placed when in use [...] The opium is usually served on a ‘hop toy,’ but if this article is not at hand it is served on a card or piece of stiff paper.at hop toy (n.) under hop, n.3
Hands Up! 215: Smokers can be found in all kinds of recumbent attitudes in a joint. They frequently lie with their heads on each other’s shoulders in order that they may be convenient to the lamp.at joint, n.
Hands Up! 215: A ‘layout’ can be purchased for any amount up to $5. It consists of the ‘yen hop,’ or pipe, usually made of a section and a half of heavy bamboo, about an inch and a half in diameter, and is usually tipped with ivory or gold; the ‘yen she gow,’ or small chisel, for cleaning out the bowl of the pipe; the ‘yen hock,’ or needle, on which the opium is cooked and rolled into pills over the flame from the little peanut oil lamp; the ‘sui gow,’ a sponge for cleaning the bowl of the pipe after every smoke; the ‘hen toy,’ in which the opium is kept, and a tray on which the above utensils are placed when in use.at layout, n.
Hands Up! 68: If you had adopted for yourself the motto, ‘Nothing ventured, nothing lost,’ you wouldn’t have made a monkey out of yourself.at make a monkey (out) of (v.) under monkey, n.
Hands Up! 43: A three-room flat with doors opening into each other on the side is best adapted to working the [...] panel game.at panel game (n.) under panel, n.1
Hands Up! 40: A panel house is the invention of thieves of both sexes, and in them hundreds of thousands of dollars have been stolen from the unsuspecting victims of vicious women.at panel crib (n.) under panel, n.1
Hands Up! 119: Every inducement was offered Wooldridge, the pig puncher, to join Moore and Carter and skin Farley out of his money.at pig puncher (n.) under pig, n.
Hands Up! 215: A ‘layout’ can be purchased for any amount up to $5. It consists of [...] the ‘sui gow,’ a sponge for cleaning the bowl of the pipe after every smoke [...].at suey pow, n.
Hands Up! 79: When a ‘pull’ or raid was made on this place it was necessary to close every avenue of escape.at pull, n.
Hands Up! 387: Kitty at once said to her companion: ‘There’s a guy with rocks. Let’s get him.’.at rocks, n.
Hands Up! 66: Confidence men, shell workers, and sand-baggers followed them like wolves after a lone prairie traveler.at sandbagger, n.
Hands Up! 215: A‘layout’ can be purchased for any amount up to $5. It consists of [...] the ‘yen she gow,’ or small chisel, for cleaning out the bowl of the pipe.at yen-shee gow (n.) under yen-shee, n.
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