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[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 3: Baby—A pet name.
at baby, n.
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 3: Back up—Do not tell any more of that stuff to me.
at back up, v.1
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 4: Barbary Coast—A district in San Francisco, Calif.
at Barbary Coast, n.
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 27: Pulled a bloomer – a joke.
at bloomer, n.2
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 4: Big Boat – A large automobile.
at boat, n.1
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 6: Butch – A news dealer on railroad trains.
at butcher, n.2
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 8: Chickie – A young girl.
at chickie, n.
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 10: Decorate – To give another a black eye or a cut face.
at decorate, v.
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 11: Eagle Eye—A detective.
at eagle eye, n.
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 14: G.B. – Grand Bounce.
at g.b., n.1
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 14: Gap – to look.
at gap, v.
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 16: Gun wading [sic]—White bread.
at gun-wadding (n.) under gun, n.1
[US] in C.H. Darling Jargon Book.
at ham, n.4
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 16: Happy Dust – Cocaine.
at happy dust (n.) under happy, adj.
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 16: Hay-foot – a farmer.
at hayfoot (n.) under hay, n.
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 21: Lush Roller — One who robs drunken men.
at lush roller (n.) under lush, n.1
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 26: Pokey, a jail.
at pokey, n.2
[US] C.H. Darling Jargon Book 15: Grand Quay – State prison.
at grand quay (n.) under quay, n.
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