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‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 14/2: I don’t know that ‘daisy’. Who is he?at daisy, n.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 14/2: I don’t know that ‘daisy’. Who is he? ‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 33/2: ‘A bad “dip in” for the lads, that’ [...] The expression ‘a bad dip in,’ meant the attempted burglary had turned out a disastrous failure.at dip, n.1
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 26/3: He was a ‘divvy’ man, a fellow who would run down a noted criminal, and then place him under a sort of tithing or blackmailing system.at divvy, v.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 14/2: He’s a high-toner; only goes in on heavy jobs.at heavy, adj.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 14/2: He’s a high-toner; only goes in on heavy jobs.at high-tone, n.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 14/2: Kate made up her mind to ‘lay in’ with Randolph Cummings, and take his full measure. She made several attempts to get acquainted with him, but got the ‘dead shake’ every time.at lay in, v.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 33/2: I was in on the last ‘skylark’.at in on, adv.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 14/2: ‘Is he a regular?’ ‘Yes; he’s over from England. He’s a dead regular; been at it all his life, [...] he’s very high-toned, and they say the best “jail-jumper” in the world — a regular, natural-born Jack Shephard.’.at jump jail (v.) under jump, v.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 14/1: Why, laws me! didn’t you ever hear of the Raymond murder?at law’s-a-me! (excl.) under laws!, excl.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 14/3: She had struck many big bonanzas in her professional career, but it appeared as though she had struck upon the best ‘lay’ of all her life.at lay, n.3
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 14/2: Yes; he’s always lucky in getting out of a tight place, while better men are always ‘lifted’.at lift, v.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 15/3: He had promised to divide his anticipated ‘loot’ with a common ‘knuck’.at loot, n.1
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 15/2: You were seen to take it, Mister Man!at mister, n.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 14/3: The man whom Kate had ‘piped’ down as a burglar, a forger, and possible assassin, was leading a double life.at pipe down (v.) under pipe, v.3
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 33/2: ‘Had he no news?’ ‘He didn’t “puff” anything.’.at puff, v.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 14/2: ‘Is he a regular?’ ‘Yes; he’s over from England. He’s a dead regular; been at it all his life, [...] he’s very high-toned, and they say the best “jail-jumper” in the world — a regular, natural-born Jack Shephard.’.at regular, n.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 14/2: He had only been down from ‘up river’ for a few weeks.at up the river under river, n.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 15/1: Here is five dollars I’ve scared up for you. Take it.at scare up (v.) under scare, v.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 24/1: ‘You’re late, “pard”.’ ‘Had a shadow over me.’ ‘Did you drop it?’ ‘Yes.’.at shadow, n.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 14/2: Kate made up her mind to ‘lay in’ with Randolph Cummings, and take his full measure. She made several attempts to get acquainted with him, but got the ‘dead shake’ every time.at give someone the shake (v.) under shake, n.1
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 33/2: We all ‘split’ when the drum beat.at split, v.
‘Lady Kate, the Dashing Female Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 33/2: Was he badly spoiled? [...] The inquiry ‘was he badly “spoiled”?’ meant badly wounded.at spoil, v.
‘The Great Bond Robbery’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 63/1: You have been dogged and ‘piped’ for weeks as the thief.at dog, v.1
‘The Great Bond Robbery’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 75/2: The lady detective had ‘dropped’ to the scar identification mark.at drop to (v.) under drop, v.4
‘The Great Bond Robbery’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 75/1: If she has ‘sloped,’ we are gone up!at gone up (adj.) under gone, adj.1
‘Great Bond Robbery’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 67/1: The Wall Street ‘kites’ are ‘hovering close in’ just now.at kite, n.
‘The Great Bond Robbery’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 62/2: It is the resort of sporting men and ‘knucks’.at knuck, n.
‘The Great Bond Robbery’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 57/1: Henry Wilbur had been ‘piped’ day in and day out.at pipe, v.3
‘The Great Bond Robbery’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 67/1: He must come down handsome when it’s a ‘tickler’ [...] I intend to get every dollar of that little ‘lift.’.at tickle, n.
‘Madge The Society Detective’ in et al. Old Sleuth’s Freaky Female Detectives (1990) 106/1: She slugged me [...] She used a billy, that’s what she did.at billy, n.4
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