1951 J. Blake letter 23 Dec. in Joint (1972) 27: I have started a little bootlegging operation, making ‘buck’ (prison liquor) out of cornbread, cane syrup and water.at buck, n.7
1951 J. Blake letter in Joint (1972) 14: It’s rugged, back-breaking labor on the bull gang.at bull gang (n.) under bull, n.1
1951 J. Blake letter 23 Dec. in Joint (1972) 27: The joint is full of cheese-eaters.at cheese-eater (n.) under cheese, n.1
1951 J. Blake letter 15 April in Joint (1972) 19: To report these unsavory and totally lost creatures [...] is called ‘ratting’ or ‘cheese-eating’.at eat cheese, v.1
1951 J. Blake letter 25 Feb. in Joint (1972) 13: I copped out on the larceny charges, figuring to get six months at the most.at cop out, v.2
1951 J. Blake letter 21 June in Joint (1972) 21: Well, I tried to hang it up, and with my usual flair, I stepped on my dick.at step on one’s dick (v.) under dick, n.1
1951 J. Blake letter 30 Dec. in Joint (1972) 29: If I made a Thing of it and let it drag me, I really would flip.at drag, v.1
1951 J. Blake letter 21 June in Joint (1972) 22: I pointed out to him that he and his shillelah had put the heat on but good and fucked me up for fair.at for fair, adv.
1951 J. Blake letter 25 Feb. in Joint (1972) 13: My fall partner was a Southerner.at fall partner (n.) under fall, n.
1951 J. Blake letter 25 Feb. in Joint (1972) 14: The remains of the proceeds from a gas station we pilfered before we fell.at fall, v.1
1951 J. Blake letter 30 Dec. in Joint (1972) 29: If I made a Thing of it and let it drag me, I really would flip.at flip, v.4
1951 J. Blake letter 21 June in Joint (1972) 22: I pointed out to him that he and his shillelah had put the heat on but good and fucked me up for fair.at fuck up, v.
1951 J. Blake letter 25 Feb. in Joint (1972) 14: One of the guards will grease for twenty-five bucks.at grease, v.1
1951 J. Blake letter 25 Feb. in Joint (1972) 14: There is another and better way to hang it up, which is to have a car pick me up on the road where the crew is working.at hang it up, v.
1951 J. Blake letter 18 Mar. in Joint (1972) 16: Being away from [...] all that sex hassle, has done wonders for my peace of mind and serenity.at hassle, n.
1951 in J. Blake Joint (1972) 24: He is simply the brass-brained, muscle-bound Golden Boy who appointed himself my jailhouse Daddy-o.at jailhouse daddy (n.) under jailhouse, adj.
1951 J. Blake letter 20 May in Joint (1972) 20: Because one of the trusties here last night took off for the altogether elsewhere, the joint is jumping.at jump, v.
1951 J. Blake letter 25 Feb. in Joint (1972) 14: Well, that is the whole loused-up deal.at loused-up (adj.) under louse up, v.
1951 J. Blake letter 21 June in Joint (1972) 21: He said if the motherin’ screw ever caught up to us, he’d wish he hadn’t.at mothering, adj.
1951 J. Blake letter 15 April in Joint (1972) 19: We also have a group of prisoners called ‘creeps’ or ‘nightcrawlers,’ who prowl the dormitory at night and steal from the other sleeping prisoners.at night crawler (n.) under night, n.
1951 J. Blake letter 30 Dec. in Joint (1972) 29: It’s no use to piss and moan about it.at piss and moan (v.) under piss, v.
1951 J. Blake letter 25 Feb. in Joint (1972) 13: We did some boosting together and everything was cool, until he got drunk and was picked up for prowling cars.at prowl, v.
1951 J. Blake letter 30 Dec. in Joint (1972) 27: I was somewhat rocked to hear that Lisa had shown you the letters I wrote to her.at rock, v.1
1951 J. Blake letter 23 Dec. in Joint (1972) 27: Louie remains the Eternal Shit-Bird.at shitbird, n.2
1952 J. Blake letter 27 Jan. in Joint (1972) 31: I understand that buck fever is not unusual among convicts approaching release.at buck fever (n.) under buck, n.1
1952 J. Blake letter 27 Jan. in Joint (1972) 31: Tom has been a jack-roller on Clark Street in Chicago, and tells zestfully of sending untold number of ‘marks’ rocketing into oblivion through the use of chloral hydrate.at jack roller, n.