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Dark Ship 153: Old-timers are constantly talking about ‘hitting the bricks’ and ‘pulling the pin’ and ‘sitting her down,’ expressions indicating strikes.at hit the bricks (v.) under bricks, n.
Dark Ship 153: Old-timers are constantly talking about ‘hitting the bricks’ and ‘pulling the pin’ and ‘sitting her down,’ expressions indicating strikes. Dark Ship 227: When I get out of the bucket some of these fakers shoot one of our guys.at bucket, n.
Dark Ship 199: Other seamen were sent to Times Square to ‘rattle the can’ as they solicited contributions from the public.at rattle the can (v.) under can, n.1
Dark Ship 171: He is a Casper Milquetoast no longer. He is a man.at Caspar Milquetoast, n.
Dark Ship 151: Gee-zus-Criz! Can’t I ever get a minute?at Christ!, excl.
Dark Ship 227: When I got back I found all the guys were in the cooler.at cooler, n.
Dark Ship 149: A crusty red-faced little militant of fifty, whose proudest boast is that he tore off the ear of a police sergeant in a 1939 strike.at crusty, adj.
Dark Ship 153: When they speak of being assaulted, they say they were ‘dumped’.at dump, v.
Dark Ship 227: When I get out of the bucket some of these fakers shoot one of our guys.at faker, n.
Dark Ship 236: If you asked where he was born he said, ‘Baton friggin’ Rouge.’ If you asked him what time it was he said, ‘Three friggin’ o’clock.’.at frigging, adj.
Dark Ship 153: A drunk is always a ‘gas hound’.at gas-hound (n.) under gas, n.1
Dark Ship 213: Anyone gassed up, brothers, will be fined five dollars and tossed out.at gassed, adj.1
Dark Ship 151: When exchanges become too warm between members of the staff Joe sometimes says, ‘Let’s not have an Irish parliament here!’.at Irish parliament (n.) under Irish, adj.
Dark Ship 221: He was a soda jerker in Frisco.at jerker, n.1
Dark Ship 153: An addict is ‘muggled up’.at muggled up (adj.) under muggle, n.
Dark Ship 153: Eccentrics are usually called ‘screwboxes,’ ‘performers,’ or ‘characters’.at performer, n.
Dark Ship 159: These guys are no good union busting finks—period.at period, phr.
Dark Ship 153: Old-timers are constantly talking about ‘hitting the bricks’ and ‘pulling the pin’ and ‘sitting her down,’ expressions indicating strikes.at pull the pin (v.) under pin, n.
Dark Ship 147: He’s just a roughneck sailor.at roughneck, adj.
Dark Ship 169: If it wasn’t for the union [...] I’d be a bum on a rust-bucket.at rust bucket (n.) under rust, n.
Dark Ship 191: You could make a buck hauling scenery stiffs and sponges. (A ‘scenery stiff,’ sometimes called a ‘scenery bum,’is a tourist).at scenery stiff (n.) under scenery, n.1
Dark Ship 153: Eccentrics are usually called ‘screwboxes’.at screwball, n.
Dark Ship 153: When they speak of being assaulted, they say they were ‘dumped’ or ‘tamped up on.’.at tamp, v.
Dark Ship 152: He was a weedhead, and trigger-happy.at weedhead, n.
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