1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 29: You got no boys. No gang. You gonna try to cop a plea? Huh? No chance.at cop a plea, v.
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 57: I’ve watched you come and go every day, but waiting for you to come across is for the birds.at come across, v.
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 27: He let one go right in Larry’s face. Larry didn’t bat an eye about it.at not bat an eye(lid), v.
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 111: Whatever they scrounged knocking off parking meters and vending machines in other parts of town was penny ante.at penny ante, adj.
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 34: I was Big Tony’s bam. Yeah, before he was busted by the fuzz I was his deb.at bam, n.3
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 116: Larry felt hung-up, completely beat, holed with no way out, treed with no way down.at beat, adj.
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 92: We’re digging that Youth Board biggie together this aft, reet?at biggie, n.
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 57: I’ve watched you come and go every day, but waiting for you to come across is for the birds.at for the birds under bird, n.1
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 82: [They] all kept their eyes on Larry as if they expected him to blast them. ‘You got that heater with ya tonight?’.at blast, v.1
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 109: Next time I’ll break you both up, you fight in my store.at break up, v.
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 27: He was known as Pepsi because he could burp whenever he felt like it.at burp, v.
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 34: I was Big Tony’s bam. Yeah, before he was busted by the fuzz I was his deb.at bust, v.1
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 96: Big Tony is plannin’ to go down on one of us. He’s gonna order a rumble from the cage at State-O.at cage, n.
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 58: ‘What should I tell you is that I’m a real cat. But you’d find out soon enough — I’m not.’ ‘But you like cat food, don’t ya?’.at cat food (n.) under cat, n.2
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 108: You gonna punk out on me again. I thought ya got over punkin’ out the last time! [...] I want no vice-president talkin’ cheesy!at cheesy, adj.2
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 56: Theirs was 8-D, where Mike had evicted a ‘den of cokies’ as he called them.at cokie, n.
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 116: Had the bartender conned. He was ready to fork over when some goddam fool mopping the floor started swingin’ the mop at me.at conned, adj.
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 81: ‘Hey, what’s cookin’?’ [...] ‘You had your chance.’.at what’s cooking? under cook, v.1
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 29: ‘There’s a cool on. Isn’t there? An armistice?’ ‘How long you figure this cool between the Scratchers and the Spiders is gonna last?’.at cool, n.2
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 9: Even as a non-gang member, a coolie, he knew the mark of the Spiders.at coolie, n.2
1960 E. De Roo Big Rumble 61: When things are crackin’, I get a chance for tips waitin’ on tables.at cracking, adj.