1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 31: But rarely a day went by without a ‘circus’, as the prisoners called it.at circus, n.
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 43: I’d getta job as a maid in a swell home, then clean the joint and make my get-away.at clean, v.
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 115: Do you think you could buy me a pair of shoes? These clodhoppers are terrible!at clodhopper, n.
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 131: She had been drinking ‘cokewater’ (cocaine dissolved in water) for several days.at coke-water (n.) under coke, n.1
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 143: This place is a crazy house. I think I’ll go out of my mind if I have to stay here much longer.at crazy house (n.) under crazy, n.
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 106: It was duck soup for those hardboiled convicts.at duck soup, n.
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 42: When lights goes out, let’s have a gab-fest, eh?at gabfest (n.) under gab, v.
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 138: There are some mighty hard-boiled guys here now.at guy, n.2
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 131: She was really all lit up with a fine dope-jag.at jag, n.1
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 20: I can’t feel that it’s justice to put you in that jug over there.at jug, n.1
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict 77: They’ve been lady-loving — and they don’t want the bull to catch them at it! at lady love (v.) under lady, n.
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 35: She had several dollars in her hand. ‘Two easy marks,’ she said.at easy mark (n.) under mark, n.1
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 75: All the high monkey-monks are talking about it.at monkey-monk, n.
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 52: C’mon, come clean, shoot the works, yer know yer can trust me, pal.at shoot the works (v.) under shoot, v.
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 116: I’m fed up of keeping my eyes closed and holding my tongue just to get a little better food and a soft snap of a job.at soft snap (n.) under snap, n.2
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 74: What have you done? You’re going into solitary.at solitary, n.
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 16: What the hell is the use of trying to keep on the square in this world?at on the square under square, adj.
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 77: She goes bats at night and yells like hell – she’s a real stir bug!at stir-bug (n.) under stir, n.1
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 29: She would telegraph to Frenchy the exact cards held by her opponents.at telegraph, v.
1934 V.G. Burns Female Convict (1960) 116: This girl was a spy, and I had tipped my hand.at tip one’s mitt (v.) under tip, v.3