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The Patrolman: a Cop’s Story choose

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[US] E. Droge Patrolman 25: Sets of chains known as ‘come-alongs,’ that, when wrapped around the wrists and squeezed, induce arrestees to ‘come along’ peacefully.
at come-along, n.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 31: Sometimes they can be a real pain in the balls.
at pain in the arse, n.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 31: The precinct is one-third Blacks, one-third Puerto Ricans, and one-third ‘Beards’.
at beard, n.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 25: All [police] uniform pants are equipped with two extra pockets in the rear for flashlight and billy, a nine-inch, hard-rubber club.
at billy, n.4
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 165: We would go ‘bouncing’ many a night until our stomachs burst.
at bounce, v.1
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 167: Whether you call it horse [...] boy, Harry, or Scot, it’s still heroin.
at boy, n.2
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 139: The guy with the leather coat has at least two bundles (about twenty-five decks to a bundle).
at bundle, n.1
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 167: Whether you call it snow, sugar, dust, coke, C, candy, girl, or Charlie, it’s still cocaine.
at C, n.3
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 167: Whether you call it snow, sugar, dust, coke, C, candy, girl, or Charlie, it’s still cocaine.
at charlie, n.7
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 185: I decided to attend the course and spend my last few months in ‘clothes.’.
at in clothes under clothes, n.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 85: He told me a couple of places where I could eat [...] and a couple of places where I could ‘coop,’ or lay up.
at coop, v.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 196: To show he’s a good sport he takes the whole ‘family’ out for dinner and a night on the town once a year.
at family, n.1
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 11: My partner that night, a lethargic old ‘hairbag’ (old-timer) who could not be aroused by Raquel Welch.
at hairbag (n.) under hair, n.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 167: Whether you call it horse [...] boy, Harry, or Scot, it’s still heroin.
at harry, n.2
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 171: He was really getting me hopped up about the idea.
at hopped (up), adj.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 70: He just got here himself, the hump.
at hump, n.1
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 25: Just about the only time you’ll see an officer with a billy instead of a jack (a lead club, covered with leather) in his back pocket is when he is [...] attached to the academy.
at jack, n.6
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 117: Ghetto children frolicked in the spray from the ‘johnny-pumps’.
at johnny-pump, n.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 93: The [...] doctor-in-charge reluctantly agreed to a 50cc. shot of a knockout drug.
at knockout, adj.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 196: The profits are enormous as evidenced by the many ‘pimpmobiles’ cruising around Manhattan.
at pimpmobile (n.) under pimp, n.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 31: One of the ‘probies’ spoke up.
at probie, n.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 77: Spotting a coffee wagon by the patrol wagon, I walked over, got a cup of regular.
at regular, n.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 84: Some shithouse, huh? This fuckin’ place is gettin’ worse every day.
at shithouse, n.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 64: A beautiful piece of ass like that screwin’ around with that Black ‘skel’.
at skell, n.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 167: Whether you call it snow, sugar, dust, coke, C, candy, girl, or Charlie, it’s still cocaine.
at snow, n.1
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 167: Whether you call it snow, sugar, dust, coke, C, candy, girl, or Charlie, it’s still cocaine.
at sugar, n.5
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 168: The person who has a habit, a ‘thing’ [...] uses a set of ‘works’ or ‘gimmicks’ (hypodermic instruments) to ‘shoot up.’.
at thing, n.
[US] E. Droge Patrolman 23: Normally that’s just tough luck and you wait for the next class.
at tough luck (n.) under tough, adj.
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