1923 J. Fishman Crucibles of Crime 226: He doesn’t want to be thought rough / By ‘gay cat,’ ‘stiff’ or ‘faker;’ / His gun it seems is just a bluff, / Hence Bender is a ‘breaker’.at break, v.2
1923 J. Fishman Crucibles of Crime 196: The ‘trusty’ who found the guns and turned them in was ‘doin’ it all’.at do it all (v.) under do it, v.1
1923 J. Fishman Crucibles of Crime 128: Frequent ‘fanning’ or ‘frisking’ [...] of the trusties themselves is necessary.at fan, v.1
1923 J. Fishman Crucibles of Crime 206: They are sneaks [...] who endeavor to ‘stand in’ with their superiors by tattling about others.at stand in, v.1
1923 J. Fishman Crucibles of Crime 121: They will use any substance which will give them the desired ‘kick’ or ‘jolt’. These drugs include cocaine, heroin.at jolt, n.
1923 J. Fishman Crucibles of Crime 203: The practice of ‘shooting’ contraband notes is known among the prisoners as ‘flying a kite’.at fly a kite (v.) under kite, n.
1923 J. Fishman Crucibles of Crime 126: These handkerchiefs had been dipped in cocaine and then carefully ironed. The mark on the corner notified the ‘snowbird’ that it was ‘loaded’.at loaded, adj.
1923 J. Fishman Crucibles of Crime 160: I was jeered at and sneered at as a sentimentalist and ‘sob sister’.at sob sister (n.) under sob, n.1