1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang 🌐 June He needed no bodyguard in this apple knocker section, where people had cotton and dates and rice on the brain.at apple-knocker, n.
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Since no junk runner had been working the beat, the narcotic snoopers would not be watching day and night.at beat, n.1
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 If that hop-crazy spick ever makes another pass at you, burn him down.at burn down (v.) under burn, v.
1938 E.H. Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 ‘Luck?’ ‘Uhuh. Number ten conked,’ Benny reported.at conk, v.2
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Worley was worried. Rod and his flewzies.... [Ibid.] When that Slavonian flewzie got patched together, [etc.].at floozy, n.
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Smoke Keenan, the ex-pug [...] kicked the gong himself, at times.at kick the gong around (v.) under gong, n.2
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 If he was gunning us out, he’d not come down here, he’d send torpedoes.at gun, v.2
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Suppose the narcotic squad did slug the pants off Keenan’s wounded gunners?at gunner, n.6
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 If that hop-crazy spick ever makes another pass at you, burn him down.at hop-crazy (adj.) under hop, n.3
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Smoke Keenan, hopped up and reckless, had staged the reprisal.at hopped (up), adj.
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Nothing wrong, nicking Uncle Sam out of customs duties he had no right to, anyway.at nick, v.1
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Not to make a horse’s neck of the God damn feds [...] if they’re screwballs enough to try to nip me.at nip, v.1
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Suppose the narcotic squad did slug the pants off Keenan’s wounded gunners?at lick the pants off (v.) under pants, n.
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Busting rackets is no harness bull’s job. A pavement pounder might as well learn that now.at pavement pounder (n.) under pavement, n.
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang 🌐 June He was a Skid Row bum.at skid row, n.
1938 E.H. Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ Double-Action Gang June 🌐 The junk runner snarled.at runner, n.
1938 ad. in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Sissy Stuff? You Think Western Love Story Is Sissy Stuff? Don’t Be Silly.at sissy, adj.
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 I guess those skirt chasing bastards will think twice.at skirt-chaser (n.) under skirt, n.
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Packets of snow, and several tins of opium were half trampled in the grime.at snow, n.1
1938 E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Any torpedo who had killed Rod Northup would sooner or later brag about it.at torpedo, n.2