1953 T. Thursday ‘Case of the Honest Thieves’ in Famous Detective Story 🌐 Maybe she [...] even goes in for tossing the old crappers down the green cloth.at crappers, n.
1953 T. Thursday ‘Case of the Honest Thieves’ in Famous Detective Story 🌐 Many a lucky gent [...] skips the one-way passage in the hot armchair when his lawyer claims that he went nuts.at hot chair (n.) under hot, adj.
1953 T. Thursday ‘Case of the Honest Thieves’ in Famous Detective Story 🌐 I had to pluck ’em twice for assault and battery.at pluck, v.
1953 T. Thursday ‘Case of the Honest Thieves’ in Famous Detective Story 🌐 ‘Who’s popping?’ asked Hank.at what’s popping? under pop, v.1
1953 T. Thursday ‘Case of the Honest Thieves’ in Famous Detective Story 🌐 It looked like a jungle for winos and reefer-rats.at reefer rat (n.) under reefer, n.1
1953 T. Thursday ‘Case of the Honest Thieves’ in Famous Detective Story 🌐 The phone zizzed. ‘Thanks, Joe,’ said Howard, and hung up.at zizz, v.