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[US] Bliss From Boniface to Bank Burglar in Hamilton (1952) 47: The small-fry thief was [...] paying his ‘bit’ to the coppers on post.
at bit, n.1
[US] Bliss From Boniface to Bank Burglar in Hamilton (1952) 45: The fat, thin, great, small, long and short hand of the copper was held out from all sides.
at copper, n.
[US] Bliss From Boniface to Bank Burglar in Hamilton (1952) 45: The police grafters falling out, thieves began to get their dues.
at grafter, n.1
[US] Bliss From Boniface to Bank Burglar in Hamilton (1952) 46: I told him to be patient and lie low.
at lay low, v.
[US] Bliss From Boniface to Bank Burglar in Hamilton (1952) 47: The policemen who were inclined to be ‘on the square’ with us, disappeared.
at on the square under square, adj.
[US] D. Lowrie My Life in Prison in Hamilton Men of the Und. 246: I sat on the ‘mourner’s bench’ and he stood before me, instructing me as to the rules.
at mourner’s bench, n.
[US] D. Lowrie My Life in Prison in Hamilton Men of the Und. 248: Dat’s th’ night bull.
at bull, n.5
[US] D. Lowrie My Life in Prison in Hamilton Men of the Und. 244: The Chinaman in charge — a highbinder serving life.
at highbinder, n.
[US] A. Jennings Beating Back in Hamilton (1952) 93: If the trainmen [...] watch the baggage platform; you risk a complete fizzle.
at fizzle, n.2
[US] A. Jennings Beating Back in Hamilton (1952) 99: Jar loose, mud hen!
at mud hen (n.) under mud, n.
[US] A. Jennings Beating Back in Hamilton (1952) 93: We never robbed a train unless we had a tip on a large sum of money.
at tip, n.5
[US] A. Jennings Beating Back in Hamilton (1952) 93: The bigs wads of money [...] generally go under the seats.
at wad, n.1
[US] Morell Twenty-Fifth Man in Hamilton Men of the Und. 255: The prison ‘croaker’ was called to the dungeon.
at croaker, n.5
[US] Morell Twenty-Fifth Man in Hamilton Men of the Und. 250: From today ye can work, root hog or die.
at root, hog or die, v.
[US] Morell Twenty-Fifth Man in Hamilton Men of the Und. 250: Wife murderers, rapers, porch climbers, common thieves.
at porch climber (n.) under porch, n.
[US] J. Callahan Man’s Grim Justice in Hamilton Men of the Und. 277: I stole [...] a bull’s wool and oakum shirt.
at bull’s wool, n.1
[US] ‘J. Barbican’ Confessions of a Rum-Runner in Hamilton Men of the Und. 188: The poor sucker thought he had made at least four centuries.
at century, n.
[US] J. Callahan Man’s Grim Justice in Hamilton Men of the Und. 277: I crashed into a store and stole a swag of crackers.
at crash, v.
[US] J. Callahan Man’s Grim Justice in Hamilton Men of the Und. 266: So far as I’m concerned you can make it a hunded and fifteen, you old four flusher.
at four-flusher, n.
[US] J. Callahan Man’s Grim Justice in Hamilton Men of the Und. 292: The dicks tossed a grifter into one of the cells.
at grifter, n.
[US] ‘J. Barbican’ Confessions of a Rum-Runner in Hamilton Men of the Und. 187: I spill him some sob stuff about my wife and sick kiddy.
at kiddy, n.
[US] J. Callahan Man’s Grim Justice in Hamilton Men of the Und. 268: A Southern murderer [...] who was doing life.
at life, n.
[US] J. Callahan Man’s Grim Justice in Hamilton Men of the Und. 296: The ‘mug that had a chance and couldn’t make good’.
at mug, n.1
[US] J. Callahan Man’s Grim Justice in Hamilton Men of the Und. 278: I loved that mutt!
at mutt, n.
[US] ‘J. Barbican’ Confessions of a Rum-Runner in Hamilton Men of the Und. 190: You had better not move the stuff until we give you the O.K.
at OK, n.
[US] ‘J. Barbican’ Confessions of a Rum-Runner in Hamilton Men of the Und. 186: Izzay has no more to do with the big operators.
at operator, n.
[US] ‘J. Barbican’ Confessions of a Rum-Runner in Hamilton Men of the Und. 191: I told him to [...] look snappy about it.
at look snappy (about) (v.) under snappy, adj.
[US] J. Callahan Man’s Grim Justice in Hamilton Men of the Und. 292: I’ve been trying to square it, Chief.
at square it (v.) under square, v.
[US] J. Callahan Man’s Grim Justice in Hamilton Men of the Und. 269: What a sucker I was to trust that yap.
at sucker, n.1
[US] J. Callahan Man’s Grim Justice in Hamilton Men of the Und. 267: I’ll be the first man to beat the tar heel madhouse [i.e. Raleigh State Prison, N.C.].
at tarheel, adj.
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