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[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330: aces high, n. Trustworthiness; a term reflecting trust and reliability in a person of the underworld.
at ace-high, adj.
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 334/1: nuts and bolts, adj. Looney, feebleminded.
at nuts-and-bolts, adj.1
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 334/2: poke-up artist, n. A professional highwayman.
at -artist, sfx
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/1: baby grand, n. A five hundred dollar bill.
at baby grand (n.) under baby, adj.
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/1: badger, n. A man who dresses as a woman and exploits other men for money.
at badger, n.1
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/1: bag, n. 1. A down and out prostitute working in streets and alleys.
at bag, n.1
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 333/1: hold the bag, vph. To take punishment.
at hold the bag, v.
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/1: bang, n. 1. A copulation.
at bang, n.1
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/1: bank, n. A solitary cell in prison.
at bank, n.1
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/1: beans, n A copulation, vi. To copulate.
at give someone beans (v.) under beans, n.2
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/1: bed up, vi. To go to bed with someone (obscene).
at bed, v.
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/1: big shot, [...] vt. To imitate, to simulate the attribute of a superior.
at big shot, v.
[US] in D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 333/1: Hummingbird...The electric chair.
at humming bird, n.
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/2: To ‘blow a mark’ is to be unsuccessful in thieving either through the arrival of the police or through some blundering.
at blow, v.2
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/2: brat, n. A boy used for sex purposes, a ‘punk.’.
at brat, n.1
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/2: briars, n. Hack saws, used in reference to sawing bars in jail or prison.
at briar, n.
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/2: brig, n. A solitary cell in prison.
at brig, n.
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/2: browning, n. The act of sodomy.
at browning, n.1
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/2: bug, [...] vi. To talk together, to conspire.
at bug, v.2
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 332/2: A town or reso may have so much ‘heat’ directed up it that it is described as ‘burning up’.
at burn up, v.
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: buzzard, n. [...] 2. An unattached old bum who appears uninvited in the jungles.
at buzzard, n.
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: calendar, n. One year (sentence).
at calendar, n.
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 332/2: half a century, n. A fifty-dollar bill.
at half-century (n.) under century, n.
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: chip, n. A till in a cash register.
at chip, n.5
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: chisel, vt. [...] 2. To supplant, to horn in, to crash the gate, to ingratiate one’s self.
at chisel, v.
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: clock, n. A life sentence in jail: ‘doing time the clock around’.
at clock, n.1
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: clown, n. A village constable or policeman.
at clown, n.
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: cold turkey, n. Caught in the act: a right charge, an open and shut case.
at cold turkey, adv.
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: cook, vt. [...] 2. To kill by legal electrocution.
at cook, v.1
[US] D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: coshed, vt. To be knocked out, especially by a blow on the head.
at cosh, v.
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