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N.Y.’s Chinatown 163: Then the yen-yen came and I used to have to smoke to keep from getting sick. Now I suppose I’m up against it for good.at up against, phr.
N.Y.’s Chinatown 163: Then the yen-yen came and I used to have to smoke to keep from getting sick. Now I suppose I’m up against it for good. N.Y.’s Chinatown 161: It’s only Berth; she’s going up against it to-night, ain’t you Berth?at go up against (v.) under up against, phr.
N.Y.’s Chinatown 165: He touched him quick and off he flew / To ‘cop’ the hop from the Chink’s bamboo.at cop, v.
N.Y.’s Chinatown 144: The gum [...] is again boiled over a slow fire until the liquid becomes the consistency of molasses. This is known as No.1 opium.at gum, n.3
N.Y.’s Chinatown 139: The number of ‘hop fiends’ [...] is far greater in New York. [Ibid.] 165: A hop fiend went on a weary stroll, In search of a friend who a pill could roll.at hop fiend (n.) under hop, n.3
N.Y.’s Chinatown 145: The best No.1 comes from Hong Kong, and it is sold in cans. [...] This is known as Fook Yuen or ‘Fountain of Happiness,’ and Li Yuen, or ‘Fountain of Beauty’.at li-yuen, n.
N.Y.’s Chinatown 160: ‘Lottie down here to-night?’ ‘Nope,’ responds Pete.at nope!, excl.
N.Y.’s Chinatown 147: This layout consists of [...] The Yen Tsiang (opium pipe), Ow (opium bowl), Yen hock (a thin wire used for dipping out the opium and holding it over the light while cooking).at ow, n.
N.Y.’s Chinatown 155: In the center is a pin hole over which the cooked pill is placed.at pill, n.
N.Y.’s Chinatown 147: This layout consists of [...] Yen Shee Hop (a box for keeping the ashes in).at yen-shee, n.
N.Y.’s Chinatown 314: Each group had the regulation lamp, a pipe and a ‘shell of dope’.at shell, n.
N.Y.’s Chinatown 163: The ward man just enters with a slumming party. Four well-dressed men and one woman.at slum, v.3
N.Y.’s Chinatown 147: The Yen Tsiang (opium pipe).at yen tsiang (n.) under yen, n.1
N.Y.’s Chinatown 147: This layout consists of [...] The Yen Tsiang (opium pipe), Ow (opium bowl), Yen hock (a thin wire used for dipping out the opium and holding it over the light while cooking), Yen Hop (a box containing opium).at yen hop (n.) under yen, n.1
N.Y.’s Chinatown 147: This layout consists of [...] Yen Hop (a box containing the opium), Yen Dong (opium lamp).at yen dong (n.) under yen, n.1
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