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(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 66: We don’t fuck around – man, when you want to whip one on, just call [...] Our boys are always ready.at fuck about, v.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 66: We don’t fuck around – man, when you want to whip one on, just call [...] Our boys are always ready. (con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 279: He was accused of ‘shucking and sliding’ (not performing adequately).at shucking and jiving, n.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 84: Zoot yourself and plaster your hair until it looks like a duck’s behind.at duck’s arse, n.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 86: We figured he had a blade on him, too.at blade, n.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 115: It became a juggling act to blast Duke in front of his boys and yet maintain my relationship with him.at blast, v.1
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 63: A ‘bop’. That can be a small group, five, ten, twenty guys from one team, having it out with the same number from a different team.at bop, n.1
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 94: ‘Come on, man, let’s go boppin’.’ Then we would go and look for guys to beat up.at bop, v.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 65: I wanted a social club and then to protect ourselves against the bopping gangs that come around.at bopping gang, n.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 81: All this diddley-boppin’ bullshit is just a waste, man.at diddy-bopping, n.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 29: He said, ‘I’m gonna burn you.’ So he pulled out a gun.at burn, v.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 109: We had a leader whose name I will not reveal. To do so – I might be burned tomorrow.at burn, v.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 93: I fuck everybody. They try to burn me, I got my blade, I’ll get ’em all but good.at burn, v.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 106: I got a button on me now.at button, n.1
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 277: He [...] heard about Synanon, and decided to try it out. His thought was ‘to get cleaned up a little’.at clean up, v.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 277: Something happened at Synanon to make Frankie stay ‘clean’ for two years.at clean, adj.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 73: If the Villains or Scorpions showed they would call Jerry, ‘and he’ll come “down” hard with the seniors’.at come down, v.2
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 82: If Balkans come up cool, it is OK. [...] The Villains could come down into the Morningside area [...] if they came down ‘cool’ (no weapons or assaultive behaviour).at cool, adj.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 40: The detective, he kept wipin’ his feet on my suit. So I told him to cut it out.at cut it, v.1
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 263: Oh, man, you guys still dig all that bullshit [...] I didn’t believe none of it.at dig, v.3
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 62: Having an agency concerned [...] seemed to give it rep in gang circles. As a gang leader once told me: ‘Having a worker makes you a real ‘down’ club.’.at down, adj.1
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 82: You guys are nothing but a bunch of mother-fuckin’ faggots.at faggot, n.1
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 64: Guys sometimes say when they’re gonna rumble, that they’ll give you a fair one; that’s when one guy from one team will meet another guy from another [...] nobody else is supposed to butt in.at fair one (n.) under fair, adj.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 81: He talked primarily about his P.O., the ‘geese’ (burglary) for which he was on probation. [...] ‘The geese was nothin’, just that market on Broadway.’.at geese, n.1
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 279: He was laughed at, ridiculed, and given a ‘haircut’ (a verbal dressing down) by other old-time con men.at haircut, n.1
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 53: I liked you right away [...] So I figured why give you a hard time?at give someone a hard time (v.) under hard time, n.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 84: They were heist-guys and junkies and hustlers.at heist artist (n.) under heist, n.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 66: They both spoke very ‘hip’, and greeted Duke: ‘Hello, Duke daddy – what’s shakin’? Who’s this cat?’.at hip, adv.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 93: If someone comes by their territory or block or candy store, and tries to horn in on it, they’ll fight.at horn in (v.) under horn, v.3
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 63: A ‘Jap’. That’s when a group of guys, two guys or three guys, go down to a different club’s territory, get in fast, beat up one or two guys and get out. [Ibid.] 64: A Jap is a small raid. A Jap is where you hit the other team before they hit you first. Hit first and get out is pulling a Jap.at Jap, n.
(con. 1953–7) Violent Gang (1967) 64: A Jap is a small raid. A Jap is where you hit the other team before they hit you first. Hit first and get out is pulling a Jap.at pull a Jap (v.) under Jap, n.
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