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[UK] R.E. Burns (con. 1929) I Am a Fugitive 158: The steel-barred door of the bull pen was unlocked.
at bullpen, n.
[UK] (con. 1919) R.E. Burns I Am a Fugitive 43: I thought of a few of my buddies, dead, forgotten, pushing up poppies.
at push up (the) daisies, v.
[UK] (con. 1922) R.E. Burns I Am a Fugitive 84: I stopped at this stand and got a ‘dope’ (as they call Coca Cola in Georgia).
at dope, n.1
[UK] (con. 1922) R.E. Burns I Am a Fugitive 69: Sam, I got six years; that’s a long time, and I’m going to try to ‘hang it on the limb’, and I need a little help. [Ibid.] 80: He just hung six years on the limb, and ain’t seen a girl for the last three months.
at hang it on the limb (v.) under hang it on, v.1
[UK] R.E. Burns (con. 1929) I Am a Fugitive 161: Hard-boiled Jack Martin, killer, heist guy, pete man and jail breaker extraordinary.
at heist artist (n.) under heist, n.
[UK] (con. 1929) R.E. Burns I Am a Fugitive 160: This working in unison is called ‘Keeping the lick’. [Ibid.] 174: The speed of the lick was usually sixteen shovelfuls a minute.
at lick, n.2
[UK] (con. 1929) R.E. Burns I Am a Fugitive 172: He drove an old model-T that could not make over twenty miles an hour.
at Model T, adj.
[UK] (con. 1929) R.E. Burns I Am a Fugitive 162: He received life in Michigan when a copper was bumped off during a pete job.
at pete, n.1
[UK] R.E. Burns (con. 1929) I Am a Fugitive 161: Hard-boiled Jack Martin, killer, heist guy, pete man and jail breaker extraordinary.
at pete-man (n.) under pete, n.1
[UK] (con. 1922) R.E. Burns I Am a Fugitive 64: Twelve men slept in a ‘pie wagon’ (a steel-barred wagon on wheels, four tiers of three bunks each).
at pie wagon (n.) under pie, n.
[UK] R.E. Burns I Am a Fugitive 123: It seems the party who turned you up [...] went to Swanson’s office a couple of days ago and put in the ‘rap’ there.
at rap, n.1
[UK] (con. 1929) R.E. Burns I Am a Fugitive 161: He killed a rich broker [...] who didn’t reach for a cloud fast enough.
at reach for the sky (v.) under reach, v.
[UK] (con. 1929) R.E. Burns I Am a Fugitive 175: ‘Indiana’ was Nub’s pal and sidekick.
at sidekick, n.1
[UK] (con. 1929) R.E. Burns I Am a Fugitive 181: Squint, a one-eyed Negro, lifer and trusty.
at squint, n.
[UK] R.E. Burns (con. 1929) I Am a Fugitive 123: It seems the party who turned you up [...] went to Swanson’s office a couple of days ago and put in the ‘rap’ there.
at turn up, v.2
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