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[US] Clark & Eubank Lockstep and Corridor 70: They also had what was known as the humming bird. A man would be stripped and blindfolded and an electric battery applied to different parts of his body.
at humming bird, n.
[US] Clark & Eubank Lockstep and Corridor 173: Bum rap—a false charge.
at bum rap, n.
[US] Clark & Eubank Lockstep and Corridor 173: Bun—whisky.
at bun, n.2
[US] Clark & Eubank Lockstep and Corridor 173: Eagle-eye—detective.
at eagle eye, n.
[US] Clark & Eubank Lockstep and Corridor 173: Hog-eye—large skeleton key for store or public building.
at hog-eye, n.
[US] Clark & Eubank Lockstep and Corridor 174: Lone hand — a thief who works by himself.
at lone hand, n.
[US] Clark & Eubank Lockstep and Corridor 174: Jug — [...] 2. a safe in a country bank.
at jug, n.1
[US] Clark & Eubank Lockstep and Corridor 174: Mitt — put hush-money into an officer’s hand.
at mitt, v.
[US] Clark & Eubank Lockstep and Corridor 174: Outsiders—long-nosed pincers used on the outside to turn a key which is on the inside of a door-lock.
at outsider, n.
[US] Clark & Eubank Lockstep and Corridor 173: Beat the rap—escape conviction.
at beat the rap (v.) under rap, n.1
[US] Clark & Eubank Lockstep and Corridor 174: Sneak work—house robbery while the inmates are at a meal.
at sneak, adj.
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