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‘Thubway Tham’s Thanksgiving Dinner’ in Detective Story 26 Nov. 🌐 “It ain’t right for a man to be pethtered all the time by the thame fly cop!at fly cop, n.
‘Thubway Tham’s Thanksgiving Dinner’ in Detective Story 26 Nov. 🌐 “It ain’t right for a man to be pethtered all the time by the thame fly cop! ‘Thubway Tham’s Inthane Moment’ in Detective Story 19 Nov. 🌐 I reckon these New York slickers don’t get gay with me!at get gay (with) (v.) under gay, adj.
‘Thubway Tham’s Inthane Moment’ in Detective Story 19 Nov. 🌐 Were they playing him for an ‘easy mark’ [...], he wondered.at easy mark (n.) under mark, n.1
‘Thubway Tham’s Inthane Moment’ in Detective Story 19 Nov. 🌐 I reckon these New York slickers don’t get gay with me!at slicker, n.
‘Hoodwink’ in Detective Story 30 Apr. 🌐 In the pig’s eye! Spug Wales ain’t handin’ out stuff like this.at in a pig’s arse! (excl.) under pig’s arse!, excl.
‘Hoodwinked’ in Detective Story 30 Apr. 🌐 Whatever money he stole, begged, or earned, he promptly squandered in booze purchased in the numerous ‘blind tigers’ of the underworld.at blind tiger, n.
‘The Man Who Never Forgot’ Detective Story 17 Dec. 🌐 It’s harder to find a box to bust than a million bucks!at box, n.1
‘Hoodwinked’ in Detective Story 30 Apr. 🌐 It’s just like we breezed up to the front door and found it wide open.at breeze, v.1
‘White as Snow’ Detective Story 18 Feb. 🌐 He’s a bad guy [...] but he can’t bull me.at bull, v.1
‘The Man Who Never Forgot’ in Detective Story 17 Dec. 🌐 Give me a buzz that I figure for half the stuff, and you’re on!at give someone a buzz (v.) under buzz, n.
‘White as Snow’ Detective Story 18 Feb. 🌐 He returned to the city to turn capper for a gambling-house in the upper
Forties.at capper, n.1
‘Thieves Three’ in Detective Story 1 Apr. 🌐 The old duck I danced with is minus a watch and chain; and I’ve caught you for the roll and the sparkler!at duck, n.1
‘White as Snow’ Detective Story 18 Feb. 🌐 Why, that cheap flash couldn’t get even with a wop peanut seller!at flash, n.1
‘White as Snow’ Detective Story 18 Feb. 🌐 The worst he could do would be to try and frame you, and he can’t get away with that.at frame, v.
‘Hoodwink’ in Detective Story 30 Apr. 🌐 Spug was ginned — soused to the ears!at ginned up, adj.1
‘The Man Who Never Forgot’ in Detective Story 17 Dec. 🌐 A West Street restaurant known familiarly as the ‘Dirty Spoon’.at greasy spoon, n.1
‘White as Snow’ in Detective Story 18 Feb. 🌐 Don’t try to rush the game by slipping the bracelets on before you’re wise to the layout!at layout, n.
‘White as Snow’ in Detective Story 18 Feb. 🌐 I’ve got a couple of friends in town who want to load up on the stuff [i.e. ‘snow’].at load up (v.) under load, v.
‘White as Snow’ Detective Story 18 Feb. 🌐 Bender, it seemed, was a Philadelphia lush who had lately taken to dope.at lush, n.1
‘Hoodwink’ in Detective Story 30 Apr. 🌐 I’ll stick if he’s really pickled, but nix if he ain’t.at nix, v.
‘Hoodwinked’ in Detective Story 30 Apr. 🌐 How about it, do you wanna
take the job of watchin’ Spug while I do the trick, for a quarter of the rake-off.at rake-off, n.
‘White as Snow’ in Detective Story 18 Feb. 🌐 How do you know he isn’t a pigeon? You‘re too friendly altogether with
people you pick up.at pigeon, n.1
‘The Man Who Never Forgot’ in Detective Story 17 Dec. 🌐 A waiter, who made passing the queer a side issue.at shove the queer (v.) under queer, n.
‘White as Snow’ Detective Story 18 Feb. 🌐 Mike the Mouse picked up his acquaintance in a Rialto cafe and promptly learned [...] that the man was a ‘sleigh rider’.at Rialto, n.
‘White as Snow’ Detective Story 18 Feb. 🌐 He knows he’ll take a nice little ride up the river for a stretch at making shoes if he starts anything like that.at go up the river (v.) under river, n.
‘The Man Who Never Forgot’ in Detective Story 17 Dec. 🌐 ‘Shoot the piece,’ he said tersely. ‘I’m your man!’.at shoot, v.
‘White as Snow’ Detective Story 18 Feb. 🌐 Mike the Mouse picked up his acquaintance in a Rialto cafe and promptly learned [...] that the man was a ‘sleigh rider’.at sleighride, v.
‘The Man Who Never Forgot’ Detective Story 17 Dec. 🌐 The town is full of square toes keeping the lid down so tight.at square toes (n.) under square, adj.
‘White as Snow’ Detective Story 18 Feb. 🌐 [of cocaine] I’ve got a couple of friends in town who want to load up on the stuff before catching the rattler.at stuff, n.
‘Mr Clacksworthy Tells the Truth’ Detective Story 19 Oct. 🌐 All th’ strap-hangers must wear iron cleats on their gunboats.at gunboat, n.1
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