1962 R. Dougherty Commissioner 337: We cooperate and get our heads knocked in by that ass-kicker Joe Caron.at ass-kicker, n.
1962 R. Dougherty Commissioner 45: ‘Benez is bad medicine?’ Kane nodded: ‘Very bad. He’s a killer.’.at bad medicine (n.) under bad, adj.
1962 R. Dougherty Commissioner 27: That cacknacker. That lousy little spic.at cock-knocker (n.) under cock, n.3
1962 R. Dougherty Commissioner 24: It would be, in the language of the cops, a ‘good collar’.at collar, n.
1962 R. Dougherty Commissioner 33: Random stops were made to see if a given post was covered or if the cop assigned was ‘cooped’.at coop, v.
1962 R. Dougherty Commissioner 44: Two of what our Chief Inspector [...] calls ‘slashing detectives,’ but that some of us calls ‘headline hunters’ have just stepped all over their whangs this morning.at step on one’s dick (v.) under dick, n.1
1962 R. Dougherty Commissioner 6: When precinct commands, in such lucrative sections as the Tenderloin district, were purchased by their captains at prices of $100,000 or more.at tenderloin, n.
1962 R. Dougherty Commissioner 44: These two wisenheimers wound up getting treated like hicks in a whorehouse.at wisenheimer, n.