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From Coast to Coast with Jack London 68: Two dollars for each of you will turn the trick!at turn a trick, v.2
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 68: Two dollars for each of you will turn the trick! From Coast to Coast with Jack London 63: Their general down-and-out appearance boded ill for an equitable return for the wages.at down-and-out, adj.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 28: We are down-and-outers hunting for employment, sir!at down-and-outer, n.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 119: [He] carefully took stock of our vehement denunciations of his ‘bread and butter’ line.at bread-and-butter, adj.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 46: No, my angel wasn’t quite up to the generosity of the drummers!at angel, n.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 19: There were the ‘hunger lanes,’ thus nicknamed by the Wandering Willies because [...] the populace [...] refused to ‘produce’ in response to further ‘battering’ for alms.at batter, v.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 90: This meant a lot of local interchange of traffic that, in turn, would give rise to no end of disturbances which would seriously interfere with the presence of ‘bench floppers’.at bench-warmer (n.) under bench, n.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 130: I tried my level-best to dissuade him from this notion.at level (best), n.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 101: The hobo who will undertake to best me, isn’t born yet, sonny!at best, v.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 72: Now, you blinkety-blankety hoboes!at blankety-blank, phr.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 90: Furthermore, on account of the rain, a swarm of bluecoats had scurried to the depot for shelter.at bluecoat, n.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 74: The threat implied by the request of the conductor might have been a bluff to intimidate us.at bluff, n.1
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 29: He plied his crooked game until frowned upon by his honest fellow-employees who usually lent a helping hand to have the unprincipled ‘boomer’ discharged from the service.at boomer, n.3
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 79–80: A professional bouncer in the employ of the rummery noted the snoozing patron.at bouncer, n.1
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 99: Of all unpleasantness a railroader most hates to be reminded that a hobo had successfully bummed his train.at bum, v.3
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 97: Eastbound train bummers whom we had met en route, had everlastingly precautioned us against an encounter with the relentless persecutor of our clan.at bummer, n.3
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 27: He went from the calaboose, we released ourselves from the cell and left the jail.at calaboose, n.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 63: They were the latest captures gathered in hoboland. They were marching two abreast securely shackled with hand-cuffs to a chain.at capture, n.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 39: He saw a chance to work up against us a ‘case’ which could be made to ‘stick’ in court.at case, n.1
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 34: He’s merely cashing in less, by far, than that which by rights he so richly deserved for attempting to ruin your chances in life, lads!at cash in, v.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 78: Jack London proposed that we enter one of the numerous rum joints and there become ‘chair warmers’ until break of day — this meant that we were to roost astride of chairs.at chair-warmer (n.) under chair, n.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 79: Not a word of clean adventure we heard referred to.at clean, adj.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 44: It was then that I collared my mate by his coat, bodily dragged his nerveless body into my grasp.at collar, v.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 123: At Reno every hobo, ranging from the aristocratic ‘comet’ down to the lowliest of low ‘grease balls,’ registered his moniker.at comet, n.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 46: Been having troubles connecting with a handout, sir?at connect, v.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 28: ‘We’re non-unionists, friend!’ admitted my hobo mate, finding himself cornered.at corner, v.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 12: I’m out looking for a comrade with whom to hobo-cruise around the globe.at cruise, v.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 109: There isn’t a darn thing but misfortune to be gained by anybody on the Road.at darn, adj.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 101: While he was impatiently waiting for the deadhead to come in, he was entertaining the crowd.at deadhead, n.
From Coast to Coast with Jack London 67: What’re you doing, guys? Decking my train, eh?at deck, v.1
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