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[US] 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
[US] J. Fishman Crucibles of Crime 122: A ‘deck’ is a small package of opium.
at deck, n.4
[US] 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
[US] J. Fishman Crucibles of Crime 128: Frequent ‘fanning’ or ‘frisking’ [...] of the trusties themselves is necessary.
at fan, v.1
[US] 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
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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.
[US] 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
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