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[US] C.B. Yorke ‘Mob Murder’ in Gangland Stories Mar. 🌐 I’m a big shot now — boss my own alky racket.
at alky, n.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 I’m sticking [...] I string with Smooth.
at string (along) with (v.) under string (along), v.
[US] C.B. Yorke ‘Mob Murder’ in Gangland Stories Mar. 🌐 I struggled to pull him back over the sill. He wasn’t so very heavy, but I’m not built for strong-arm stuff of any kind.
at strong-arm, adj.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 The Underworld called her ‘Bad News,’ which exactly described her effect on those unfortunates who incurred her displeasure.
at bad news, n.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 Jimmy goes to bat, stakes us for all the expenses—and he buried the old lady when she croaks.
at go to bat (v.) under bat, v.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 Bad News Carrie wouldn’t ‘blat’ about Smooth and her proposed revenge for a few hours.
at blat, v.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 He’s a thirty-minute egg.
at hard-boiled egg, n.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 They’re making book that Bad News’ll find some show-off way of squaring things.
at make book (on) (v.) under book, n.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 Andy’ll yes me or be put to bed in a box.
at box, n.1
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 You know the law of our kind; you knock Jimmy off—I croak you. Suppose you’ve got a moll; then maybe she burns me down.
at burn down (v.) under burn, v.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 I slips Jimmy the word and he comes back with a fifty-case note.
at case, n.4
[US] C.B. Yorke ‘Mob Murder’ in Gangland Stories Mar. 🌐 ‘Mark Sands is the Big Shot—State senator and biggest fat cat in politics.’.
at fat cat, n.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 It goes down damn hard to have every cheap mobsman in town razzing us for having a boss, that’ll let some coke-headed broad make him jump through a hoop.
at cokehead (n.) under coke, n.1
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 You’ll have a sweet time explaining to the other gangs how come you wasn’t bumped off when Bad News coppered your bet.
at copper, v.1
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 I just put Claffey over the jumps for crossing us.
at cross, v.1
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 Bumped the sucker—flattened him—knocked him off.
at flatten, v.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 I just put Claffey over the jumps for crossing us.
at put (someone) over the jumps (v.) under jump, n.
[US] C.B. Yorke ‘Mob Murder’ in Gangland Stories Mar. 🌐 I’ve been out of town and don’t know the line-ups any more.
at line-up, n.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 Jimmy was a mobsman and I’m his moll.
at mobsman, n.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 Be careful of what you eat, you moll-buzzing, cheap grafter —.
at moll buzzer (n.) under moll, n.
[US] C.B. Yorke ‘Mob Murder’ in Gangland Stories Mar. 🌐 Our mouthpiece had tried to carry the case to a higher court, but failed.
at mouthpiece, n.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 Get new with me, will you?
at new, adj.
[US] C.B. Yorke ‘Mob Murder’ in Gangland Stories Mar. 🌐 ‘So he made a deal with Dimples and Clam’s and Bert’s numbers were put up.’.
at number is up under number, n.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 It’s all Oke with me, Joe.
at oke, adj.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 I was just a little drippy-nosed twist [...] when Jimmy was pirating over in Brooklyn.
at pirate, v.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 ‘Sniff another powder and forget it,’ Smooth advised. ‘You’re nuttier ’n hell.’.
at powder, n.1
[US] C.B. Yorke ‘Mob Murder’ in Gangland Stories Mar. 🌐 One false move out of you and you’ll stop lead. My rods don’t miss!
at rod, n.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 What’ll the others say — the rods and broads— if I don’t do something about it?
at rod, n.
[US] M. Harris ‘Facing the Mob’ in Gangland Stories Feb. 🌐 She’ll make me knock her horns off to keep from getting salted down myself.
at salt (down) (v.) under salt, v.
[US] C.B. Yorke ‘Mob Murder’ in Gangland Stories Mar. 🌐 I’m not a small timer any more. I’m a big shot now.
at small-timer, n.
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