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(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 38: He had to keep his horn blaring all the time we were having it away because if we had nudged a pedestrian off it would have been murder.at have it away, v.
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 38: He had to keep his horn blaring all the time we were having it away because if we had nudged a pedestrian off it would have been murder. (con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 54: When a man has been away a long time [...] he becomes out of touch with ordinary life.at away, adj.
Burglar to the Nobility 131: Any tearaway who is seeking a reputation dreams of being able to find a well-established baron who has suddenly gone milky, and will then seek to do him up.at baron, n.
Burglar to the Nobility 134: I know this little basket, he’ll never give in.at basket, n.2
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 75: The screw [...] had been kind enough to let us have these few moments of leave-taking without him sticking his beezer right in between us.at beezer, n.1
Burglar to the Nobility 134: It seemed as if all Scotland Yard was there [...] I was able to spot the Big Four — there was Superintendant Greeno — Superintendant Beveridge — the Lot!.at big four (n.) under big, adj.
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 34: They were screaming the loss of £25,000 of trinkets I’d just blagged.at blag, v.
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 39: As we drove through Southport [...] a bogey spotted this [registration] number.at bogey, n.1
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 38: Brassy little tarts pout at you and wheedle a five or ten.at brassy, adj.
Burglar to the Nobility 175: It takes all the pride out of earning honest money when you have to go bunging to theLaw.at bung, v.1
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 29: It was a few years before the Button Mob had started putting my description at all the race meetings. [Ibid.] 35: So many of the Button Mob were in court with their week-end’s haul of drunks and street-walkers.at button mob (n.) under button, n.1
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 83: TA lot of screws took pride in boasting about the dozens of men who’d had the Cat for them [...] saying: ‘Yes, touch me and I’ll get your backbone stripped’ .at cat, n.3
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 28: What do you want me to do, Lily, then, go [...] back to chanting newspapers on the corner?at chant, v.
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 22: So we chatted him as to what a clever villain he was.at chat, v.1
Burglar to the Nobility 132: It [i.e. the army] must be easier than bread-and-water in the chokey-hole.at chokey, n.
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 19: George McCraig, a cat-burglar very well respected in the business [...] At the climb, there was no doubt, Georgie McCraig was the Royal Scot.at climb, n.1
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 11: I trounced the cobblers off him [...] This made me the leader of the Tiger Yard boys.at cobblers, n.2
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 8: You look like a crossing-sweeper [...] no chance of mistaking any of your lot for a Con Mob.at con-mob (n.) under con, n.1
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 87: He was reluctant to meet me in a coring-match or punch-up.at coring, n.2
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 88: The chaplain went on thundering ‘Lead, Kindly Light’ with Speedles and me coring away around his feet.at coring, n.2
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 31: We copied down the addresses of empty shop then went by night and coshed in their windows [with a 14 lb. hammer].at cosh, v.
Burglar to the Nobility 121: It’s funny your mob can find me when all the cozzers in England can’t.at cozzer, n.
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 20: A young geezer [...] knocking back champagne cocktails and making a big display of crinkle.at crinkle, n.
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 92: I did not want to dangle. Ten years is one thing, but hanging is irremediable.at dangle, v.
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 47: The Strangeways screws [...] will spend some time knocking the daylights out of us.at beat the (living) daylight(s) out of (v.) under daylights, n.
Burglar to the Nobility 136: Was it Curly or his pal who in the death had proven themselves milkier than me.at in the death (adv.) under death, n.
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 72: I didn’t feel anything could ever mark my card. But it did. Diabolical bad luck.at diabolical, adj.
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 67: They were not exactly gold-diggers [...] they did not go out of their way to [...] separate a client from his windfall or inheritance.at gold-digger, n.1
(con. 1920s) Burglar to the Nobility 39: We was done, as they say, bang to rights.at do, v.1
Burglar to the Nobility 161: I took a big house in Ewell [...] just the sort of drum I’d screwed in the old days.at drum, n.3
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