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[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 49: He decided to make it in the Big Apple.
at Big Apple, n.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 104: But sometimes you’re a pain in the bleep.
at pain in the arse, n.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 111: I don’t want to work either. But if Silky finds out I didn’t, he’ll be over on my ass.
at on someone’s ass under ass, n.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 114: I’d rather take the whole beat and let Silky take care of it.
at beat, n.1
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 19: The minimum in an institution is nine months, but the superintendent and the supervisor got behind me and I only stayed for four.
at get behind (v.) under behind, prep.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 43: You can’t be a birdbrain and handle this.
at birdbrain (n.) under bird, n.1
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 66: If I’ve been blowing coke and can’t get to sleep, then I get lonely.
at blow, v.1
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 15: When you buy a car like mine, it is definitely for attention. I am recognized by the bubble.
at bubble, n.2
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 145: I ask my girls to work seven days a week [...] But Tracey’s twin sister has a chump. He lets her do anything and everything she wants – she works from twelve to two five days a week.
at chump, n.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 41: Iceberg Slim was an oldtime pimp – vulgar. He was cold on his bitches’ ass.
at cold, adj.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 18: Myself – I like cutie-pies – attractive young girls.
at cutie-pie, n.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 181: Basically he’s a down pimp and [...] he’s gotten himself back together as a pimp.
at down, adj.1
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 50: It isn’t in the game for you to go down the garbage can at twenty-three.
at go down the chute(s) (v.) under go down, v.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 47: Wait till you see the shoes I got today [...] They were something fly – suede with the wet look on top of suede and heels.
at fly, adj.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 8: You go into a joint and everyone will freeze you.
at freeze, v.2
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 83: I’ll be sitting on the couch while he’s goofing off with some guys.
at goof off, v.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 184: You haven’t made any money in months. You’re just a ho-bo bitch.
at hobo, adj.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 19: This is the hardest profession to do well in and I’d hate to see you jam up in the middle and have to start all over again.
at jam up, v.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 19: Actually the first time I knocked off a woman, I went and told my father.
at knock off, v.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 15: They have a mental thing about how large they are.
at large, adj.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 40: Lisa had been in the life.
at life, n.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 17: My regulars – who I’ve copped and locked – that’s Sandy and Kitty and Linda – they each made around seventy-five thousand last year.
at lock, v.1
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 8: Most men just give their women lollipops and that’s that. The men give my girls lollipops and I end up with the lollipops.
at lollipop, n.2
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 37: I got pride in the profession from my dad. He pimped a little and was always around the life. He said, ‘Be the best and don’t settle for less. Be a sweet mack. Be a successful man.’.
at mack, n.2
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 79: Put this big black motherfucker in your mouth and maybe that will stop some of the noise.
at motherfucker, n.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 148: I used to give Silky mouth.
at give (it) mouth (v.) under mouth, n.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 156: He said we should ... sixty-nine.
at sixty-nine, v.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 20: I’d just bought a new Buick and it had notes of one hundred ninety dollars a month on it.
at note, n.2
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 92: I’m the only oddball. I just don’t want to be a robot.
at oddball, n.
[US] Hall & Adelman Gentleman of Leisure 80: She asked me whether I’d ever partied before. Partying to me isn’t two girls and a guy – partying is going out dancing.
at party, v.
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