1929 F. Borden ‘Guns of Gangland’ in Gangster Stories Dec. 🌐 Look at yuh—You look more like the five an’ ten cent store every day wit’ them rings an’ bracelets all over yuh.at five and dime, adj.
1929 F. Borden ‘Guns of Gangland’ in Gangster Stories Dec. 🌐 ‘Trip Kennedy got away—Burned down two of our boys an’ made a clean getaway.’.at burn down (v.) under burn, v.
1929 F. Borden ‘Guns of Gangland’ in Gangster Stories Dec. 🌐 Not that his act is any good—the kid is a worse flop each night.at flop, n.4
1929 F. Borden ‘Guns of Gangland’ Gangster Stories Dec. 🌐 Give me a hand here quick — they ‘got’ Eddie —.at get, v.
1929 F. Borden ‘Guns of Gangland’ Gangster Stories Dec. 🌐 A slim, palefaced youth, one of Martelli’s hoofers.at hoofer, n.
1929 F. Borden ‘Guns of Gangland’ Gangster Stories Dec. 🌐 Aw, Jimmy, be a regular for once in your life [...] You an’ me ain’t nothin’ to each other.at regular, n.
1929 F. Borden ‘Guns of Gangland’ Gangster Stories Dec. 🌐 Says that some flatty tipped him off that they always keep a lotta loose cash in that front office [...] Course it was only the booze talkin’, but —.at it’s the beer talking under talk, v.
1929 F. Borden ‘Guns of Gangland’ Gangster Stories Dec. 🌐 There were many of the ‘wise ones’ who believed that Eddie Fogarty had reached the limit of his power.at wise one (n.) under wise, adj.