1930 C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 Smoke Gattler felt the come-alongs clipped to his wrists.at come-along, n.
1930 C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 It was no place for that young fellow and Dan was ready to give him a call-down if they should meet.at calldown, n.
1930 A. Feldman ‘The Squeal Widow’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 We don’t lay down, Stanton, and we certainly don’t lay down on any cop-killer.at lay down (on one’s/the job) (v.) under lay down, v.
1930 C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 On a ‘fixed’ race in New Orleans he had cleaned up better than $75,000.at fixed, adj.1
1930 C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 ‘All set,’ he remarked. ‘Give Cora the high sign.’.at high sign, n.
1930 C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 ‘Hot lips!’ Cora Corinta echoed the words with a cynical laugh. If the big sap only knew how cold her kiss was.at hot-lips (n.) under hot, adj.
1930 C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 If you tell everything you know, you may get life instead of the hot-seat.at hot seat, n.
1930 A. Feldman ‘The Squeal Widow’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 How about tearing off that Brooklyn job tonight.at tear off, v.2
1930 C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 You be at Jackson’s drugstore at three tomorrow morning [...] Pack a rod.at pack a rod (v.) under rod, n.
1930 C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 ‘The sap fell for your spiel, Skeeters.’ [...] ‘Like they always do.’.at spiel, n.
1930 A. Feldman ‘The Squeal Widow’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 The lice! I hope they burn! I’m turnin’ squeal mama!at squeal mama (n.) under squeal, n.1
1930 A. Feldman ‘The Squeal Widow’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 If we turn him up stiff we blow our hand.at stiff, adj.
1930 C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 Evidently your sweet man has not been spending much on you.at sweetman, n.
1930 A. Feldman ‘The Squeal Widow’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 At the wheel of an automobile stolen within the hour for use in what he had been assured would be a fast trick [etc.].at trick, n.2
1930 A. Feldman ‘The Squeal Widow’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 ‘Nothing to it,’ said Stilo on the fifth day. ‘It’s all washed up.’.at washed up, adj.1
1930 A. Feldman ‘The Squeal Widow’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 ‘Shut up, yellow,’ he growled, ‘and drive.’ [Ibid.] ‘Get in, yellow,’ came the harsh command.at yellow, n.
1931 C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 ‘A snowbird did this job.’ [...] ‘If it’s a cokey, he was working for someone else.’.at cokie, n.
1931 P. Paul ‘The Madame Plays the Gee-Gees’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 Fingers that could spot the best [...] cold-card artist [...] whatever he liked, and beat him at his own game.at cold-deck artist (n.) under cold deck, n.
1931 C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 ‘It was that dish-water blonde!’ cried Carmen suddenly.at dishwater blond(e) (n.) under dish, n.1
1931 C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 He [...] stuck his rod into the stomach of the skinny fellow. ‘Elevate Poppy, and don’t let out a squawk.’.at elevate, v.2
1931 C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 ‘What’s the matter; ain’t you getting enough grease?’ ‘Grease is all right on a little thing like smuggling and robbery [...] But murder is something else again!’.at grease, n.1
1931 C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 He smiled as he noticed the outlines of a rod through the fancy fabric. ‘Going to turn the heat on someone?’.at turn on the heat (v.) under heat, n.
1931 C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 ‘You’re just jelly.’ ‘Yes, I’m jealous,’ she admitted. ‘I don’t like it when you have your arms around that snaky dame.’.at jelly, adj.
1931 P. Paul ‘The Madame Plays the Gee-Gees’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 Enamored momentarily by the glamour of some peroxided Broadway night hawk.at nighthawk, n.
1931 C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 I’ll take a little trip and get me a real sleigh ride.at take/get a sleighride (v.) under sleighride, n.
1931 C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 I’ll kill you if you get snowed under before you do the job.at snowed under (adj.) under snow, n.1
1931 C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 She [...] threw him a small folded paper. ‘Treat yourself to a snowstorm and see if you can stop that damn jerking!’ [...] he rubbed the fine white powder on the back of his left hand and sniffed eagerly.at snowstorm, n.
1931 C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 ‘You won’t need them where you’re going!’ ‘You mean I’m on the spot!’.at on the spot (adj.) under spot, n.3
1931 P. Paul ‘The Madame Plays the Gee-Gees’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 Fingers that could spot the best [...] cold-card artist [...] whatever he liked, and beat him at his own game.at spot, v.3
1931 C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 What you doing then: Stooling for the Flatties?at stool, v.