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[US] J.H. Banka State Prison Life 492: One dollar [...] One Case.
at case, n.4
[US] J.H. Banka State Prison Life 493: Railroad Ticket [...] Ducket.
at ducket, n.
[US] J.H. Banka State Prison Life 492: Five dollars, [...] Pheniff. Ten Dollars [...] Double Pheniff.
at finnif, n.
[US] J.H. Banka State Prison Life 60: Fresh fish is the name applied to all newcomers.
at fresh fish (n.) under fresh, adj.2
[US] J.H. Banka State Prison Life 492: Safe [...] Gopher.
at gopher, n.2
[US] J.H. Banka State Prison Life 146: First Round. Offense threw out a flanker and caught defense under the right hearker.
at harker, n.
[US] J.H. Banka State Prison Life 415: Pardoned! that’s a ‘hell’ of a note!
at hell of a note (n.) under hell, n.
[US] J.H. Banka State Prison Life 61: I say, boys, let up on that feller. I had a chat with him to-day, and he’s all O.K.
at OK, adj.
[US] J.H. Banka State Prison Life 72: When I came here, I thought I should learn a trade at which I could earn an honest living ‘outside.’.
at outside, adv.
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