1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 83: Louie Antuni, referred to also as the Big Guy [...] The king of alky-cookers.at alky-cooker (n.) under alky, n.
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 213: It could earn me a barrel of cement for my legs and the Drainage Canal for a tomb.at cement kimono (n.) under cement, n.
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 49: I talked to that crummy landlady and her cheap-john roomers.at cheap john, n.2
1948 J. Evans Halo for Satan (1949) 58: I had muffed one by not hanging onto Lola North until I had chiseled a few facts out of her.at chisel, v.
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 43: He was Louie Antuni’s chief chopper back in the bad old days.at chopper, n.1
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 63: It was one of those dinky hunks of ribbon women call hats.at dinky, adj.1
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 146: It suddenly hit him [...] that he’d been running down a customer and the customer might find out about it.at run down, v.
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 162: A harness cop opened the door.at harness bull (n.) under harness, n.
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 83: Louie Antuni, referred to also as the Big Guy [...] the prince of horse parlours, the potentate of pimps.at horse room (n.) under horse, n.
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 199: I sat down again and lighted another cigarette, just for something to do, and went on flapping my jaw.at flap one’s jaw(s) (v.) under jaw, n.
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 83: [He] had kissed off all raps except [the one] for tax evasion.at kiss off, v.
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 48: Back in the days when Taylor Street smelled of sour mash [...] so thick around Halstead Street the school kids could get a cheap jag from inhaling the air.at mash, n.1
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 83: Louie Antuni, referred to also as the Big Guy [...] the potentate of pimps, the nabob of numbers.at nabob, n.
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 59: There was a movie at the Apollo about a prvate eye.at private eye (n.) under private, adj.
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 43: You shoulda seen his puss when I tell him the Chevvy wasn’t the car I wanted.at puss, n.2
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 146: Certainly I got a look at it. You think I’d be roosting here if I didn’t.at roost, v.
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 78: We’ll use your scooter, Mac [...] Where’s she parked?at scooter, n.2
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 167: I found some brandy [...] and poured a slug into my cup and coffee over that.at slug, n.1
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 200: Then I got my brainstorm [...] then went tearing out there myself.at tear out (v.) under tear, v.
1948 J. Evans Halo For Satan (1949) 163: Both men died with a toothpick through the heart.at toothpick, n.