1967 Babs Gonzales I Paid My Dues 97: After the very first week she had made two big beans ($200).at beans, n.1
1967 (con. 1950) Babs Gonzales I Paid My Dues 62: I came second in the ‘best dressed Bopster contest’.at bebopper, n.
1967 B. Gonzales I Paid My Dues 101: He reconciled himself to the name of the game. ‘Cop and Blow’ (win and lose) and made his way uptown.at cop and blow (v.) under cop, v.
1967 B. Gonzales I Paid My Dues 97: ‘The Creep game’ where one girl actually does the physical work while another would rob the victims pockets.at creep, n.
1967 Babs Gonzales I Paid My Dues 105: Every night he cruised the joints in the Village.at cruise, v.
1967 Babs Gonzales I Paid My Dues 53: I’m going to drink everything I want to. If I ‘cut out,’ at least I’ll go happy.at cut out, v.3
1967 Babs Gonzales I Paid My Dues 126: Elaine went for o-ke-doke and gave him the bread.at okey-doke, n.2
1967 B. Gonzales I Paid My Dues 40: One night Alfred Lions came in to dig us. He said we gassed him, but we were too far out for the people.at gas, v.3
1967 Babs Gonzales I Paid My Dues 95: His bread (money) had dwindled by this time and he knew he had to cop him a haym (job).at cop a haim (v.) under haim, n.
1967 Babs Gonzales I Paid My Dues 96: He could now lounge in the bars shooting the jive with his colleagues.at shoot the jive (v.) under jive, n.1
1967 Babs Gonzales I Paid My Dues 96: He could now lounge in the bars shooting the jive with his colleagues.at shoot the breeze (v.) under shoot, v.
1967 Babs Gonzales I Paid My Dues 49: I ‘Tomed’ for him and explained we were only listening to records.at tom, v.