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Hooch! 62: This bootleggin’ ain’t goin’ to be a ring-around-the-rosie. There’s too much money at stake.at ring around the rosy, n.
Hooch! 62: This bootleggin’ ain’t goin’ to be a ring-around-the-rosie. There’s too much money at stake. Hooch! 76: ‘In a pig’s eye!’ Flenger rapped back.at in a pig’s arse! (excl.) under pig’s arse!, excl.
Hooch! 194: ‘Thatta baby,’ Flenger grunted.at attaboy!, excl.
Hooch! 248: He is planning to cash in on them and run away. That would leave you holding the bag.at hold the bag, v.
Hooch! 80: Dutch is doin’ a short bit on a guilty plea.at short bit (n.) under bit, n.1
Hooch! 95: Just as soon as they do, Swinnerton – well, that’ll be the blow-off.at blow off, n.2
Hooch! 17: You try to give a fellow a break an’ just get yourself jammed up.at give someone/something a break (v.) under break, n.1
Hooch! 80: The D.A. played the game on that an’ satisfied the papers about nol-prossin’ that bump-off over in the East End? [Ibid.] 107: It wouldn’t mean so much as a headache to me to slip that bird the bump.at bump(-off), n.
Hooch! 120: I think he’s puttin’ the buzz on Swinnerton for dough. [Ibid.] 167: This rat was puttin’ the buzz on you fer dough. You know he had your number!at put the buzz on (v.) under buzz, n.
Hooch! 283: Cold cash that I can take right in my hand and count.at cold, adj.
Hooch! 125: They [...] put the collar on the boys.at put the collar on (v.) under collar, n.
Hooch! 49: He won’t waste any time gettin’ to Swinnerton an’ that’s the little bet I’ll copper!at copper, v.1
Hooch! 62: I don’t blame you for playin’ the game cozy.at play it cozy (v.) under cozy, adv.
Hooch! 79: There’s bound to be crooked stuff, too.at crooked, adj.
Hooch! 238: I ain’t a crosser [...] I didn’t even cross Flenger.at cross, v.1
Hooch! 119: Tuck that [a cheque] in your sock, Barr. An’ for the love of God, don’t try to thank me for it. It’s crumbs.at crumbs, n.
Hooch! 201: He saw the opportunity and he cut himself in.at cut in, v.
Hooch! 145: I guess you guys know what it is to get the double-o, don’t you? [Ibid.] 241: I’m tippin’ you off that Paddy Flenger is slippin’ the double-o on you.at double-O, n.2
Hooch! 104: ‘Sooner or later he’ll double-cross you,’ the alderman snapped [...] ‘What d’you mean, double-o me?’.at double-O, v.
Hooch! 178: I’m duckin’ over to the barber shop.at duck, v.1
Hooch! 215: He says she got her dough from him an’ fanned the town as soon as Dopey passed out.at fan, v.2
Hooch! in Partridge DU (1949) 242/1: When a single bootlegger is fingered, he can’t reach us because he won’t even know us.at finger, v.
Hooch! 241: Come down here to Zuroto’s on the hot foot.at hot foot, n.
Hooch! 163: I think they slipped him the bump [...] they gave it to him plenty.at give it to, v.
Hooch! 243: That little ginney over there.at guinea, n.1
Hooch! 230: Then you come around and try to run the wise-guy racket on me.at wise-guy, adj.
Hooch! 115: There’s too many headaches in that.at headache, n.
Hooch! 206: At least a hundred carriages and not less than a ten-thousand-dollar monument. If we don’t go that heavy we’ll look cheap.at heavy, adv.
Hooch! 104: That’s pretty heavy talk [...] In our society when you say ‘double-cross’ you say a lot.at heavy, adj.
Hooch! 263: ‘You won’t sign, eh?’ he sneered. ‘Just like merry hell you won’t sign. Take that pen!’.at like hell (adv.) under hell, n.
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