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(con. 1920s) Legs 117: I exchanged the hard money for soft, rolled four ace notes tightly and buried them in the tobacco bag.at ace-note (n.) under ace, n.
(con. 1920s) Legs 117: I exchanged the hard money for soft, rolled four ace notes tightly and buried them in the tobacco bag. (con. 1920s) Legs 92: It’s only a deuce a jump [...] Bert and I’ll put up an ace each to get you laid.at ace, n.
Legs 43: Christ almighty! That little Scandinavian never said it was pure alky. It must be over a hundred-sixty proof.at alky, n.
(con. 1920s) Legs 225: You can get slicked up in your new fiddle.at fiddle (and flute), n.
(con. 1920s) Legs 24: If I couldn’t get an equalizer, I’d take it on the heel and toe and get the hell away. But there was no reason to take the H. and T. I had an evener in front of me.at heel-and-toe, n.
(con. 1920s) Legs 1907: You wouldn’t rent to every Tom, Dick and Harry that comes along, now, would you?at Tom, Dick and Harry, n.
Legs 34: The typist looked up, nodded at Mutt and Jeff and went back to poking the keys with index fingers.at mutt and jeff, n.
Legs 2: There ain’t nuthin’ there ’cept cops and the Sally Ann.at Sally Ann, n.
(con. 1920s) Legs 111: We saw a rubby passed out in a doorway [...] ‘He’s so full of anti-freeze he wouldn’t ice up at the North Pole.’.at antifreeze, n.
(con. 1920s) Legs 158: Boots was so antsy he missed an easy setup.at antsy, adj.
(con. 1920s) Legs 159: The big ape grabbed me by the shoulder [...] and growled, ‘You clumsy jerkoff, why don’t you look what you’re doing?’.at ape, n.
(con. 1920s) Legs 110: Then I’d buy a paper and go to Thomson’s, a one-armed cafeteria, where I’d read the news over coffee.at one-arm (joint), n.
(con. 1920s) Legs 142: You’re gonna freeze your nuts off for a lousy handout from some tight-ass who’ll hand you a half buck and figure he’s doing you a favor.at tight-arse, n.
(con. 1920s) Legs 226: When we went to the yards he was happier than a pig in shit.at ...a pig in shit under happy as..., adj.
(con. 1920s) Legs 230: He was as queer as a four-dollar bill, but that didn’t bother me. I’d had three years’ experience dealing with fruits and oddballs.at ...a three-dollar bill under queer as..., adj.
(con. 1920s) Legs 31: If you’re that goddamn hungry, fan your ass into the bush and rustle up some firewood while I wash a pan to fry the ham and eggs.at fan one’s ass under ass, n.
(con. 1920s) Legs 62: We had the guy pegged for an asshole bandit.at asshole bandit (n.) under asshole, n.
Legs 29: Coming back to the yard after putting the feed bag on, we heard a ruckus at the stock pens.at put on the feed bag (v.) under feed bag, n.
Legs 32: The following day three trains balled the jack through the town without stopping.at ball the jack, v.
(con. 1920s) Legs 116: ‘Aren’t you afraid of making the band house?’ he asked. ‘Band house, what’s that?’ I stammered. ‘Jail, that’s what the band house is.’.at bandhouse, n.
(con. 1920s) Legs 92: A piece of tail’s more than climbing on and banging until you blow your load. [Ibid.] 157: In my mind, I’m already in a notch joint banging a broad.at bang, v.1
(con. 1920s) Legs 92: But you’re gonna get a bang too. It’s only a deuce a jump.at bang, n.1
(con. 1920s) Legs 87: I got a bang out of watching the two guys patroling the aisles with long bamboo poles to prod the snoring bos awake.at get a bang (out of) (v.) under bang, n.1
(con. 1920s) Legs 71: I’d rather go there and smell horse farts than tamp ties with a banjo.at banjo, n.1
(con. 1920s) Legs 84: He’d hit the stem and beg the price of a flop and something to eat. If he failed to bum enough to take care of both, he’d eat and carry the banner.at carry the banner (v.) under banner, n.
(con. 1920s) Legs 67: He’d been in the can for three days before going to bat and being freed that morning by the judge.at go to bat (v.) under bat, v.
(con. 1920s) Legs 115: I’m going to bat it through to the coast.at bat, v.
(con. 1920s) Legs 157: I finally got fed up with taking a shit-kicking every time I spoke up for myself [...] So two years ago I got this knife and worked on it. Nobody’s beat the shit out of me since.at beat the shit out of, v.
(con. 1920s) Legs 151: I beat my way. That is, I catch rides on freight trains, or on the engine of passengers if I’m in a hurry.at beat one’s way (v.) under beat, v.
(con. 1920s) Legs 67: It gets its name from the belt on the jaw that the mark gets when the con men have him clipped.at belt, n.
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