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Autobiog. of a Thief 173: He was sent to Sing Sing for his repeating methods at election, at which game he was A No. 1.at A-1, adj.
Autobiog. of a Thief 173: He was sent to Sing Sing for his repeating methods at election, at which game he was A No. 1. (con. 1890s) Autobiog. of a Thief 112: A week later Dal was found dead in his cell, and I believe he did the Dutch
act (suicide).at Dutch act, n.
Autobiog. of a Thief 45: I received my first lesson in the art of ‘banging a super,’ that is, stealing a watch by breaking the ring with the thumb and forefinger, and thus detaching it from the chain.at bang, v.3
Autobiog. of a Thief 326: The attendants were always eager to get hold of those notes, expecting to find news of beats (escapes) about to be attempted.at beat, n.4
Autobiog. of a Thief 312: Be Japes, you don’t look as if you had enough brains to play them.at bejabers!, excl.
Autobiog. of a Thief 190: He certainly preferred to go to stir rather than have the name of being a belcher.at belcher, n.3
Autobiog. of a Thief 193: I was tipped off to you by a Dicky Bird (stool pigeon) damn him!at dicky-bird, n.1
Autobiog. of a Thief 82: But gad! blind me if I ever want to fall in an ’amlet in this blooming State again.at blind me!, excl.
Autobiog. of a Thief 43: The girl did not ‘blow’ (take alarm).at blow, v.2
Autobiog. of a Thief 120: He was one of the most successful box-men in the city.at boxman, n.
Autobiog. of a Thief 131: They got brassy-mouthed and yelled murder.at brassy, adj.
Autobiog. of a Thief 129: I fell for a breech-kick (was arrested for picking a man’s trouser’s pocket).at breech, n.
Autobiog. of a Thief 167: Louis was in this state, and he consulted me [...] as to whether he ought not to ‘shoot a bug’ (sham insanity); and so get transferred to the hospital.at shoot a bug (v.) under bug, n.4
Autobiog. of a Thief 168: These latter would tell the keepers that he was buggy.at buggy, adj.2
Autobiog. of a Thief 52: If there was no stone in sight, I’d content myself with the ‘clock’.at clock, n.1
Autobiog. of a Thief 135: If he is in charge of an idle gang of ‘cons’ he is apt to enter into conversation with them.at con, n.1
Autobiog. of a Thief 34: Every woman had to possess a fine silk handkerchief; even the Bowery ‘cruisers’ (street-walkers) carried them.at cruiser, n.
Autobiog. of a Thief 221: Then I knew I had been ‘done’ by Sandy and Hacks.at do, v.1
Autobiog. of a Thief 92: ‘Drag’ work is a rather complicated kind of stealing.at drag, n.1
Autobiog. of a Thief 118: I am determined to make my elegant, (escape) come what will. Do you know the weak spots of this dump?at dump, n.3
Autobiog. of a Thief 312: I’ll kick your head off, you ijit (idiot).at eejit, n.
Autobiog. of a Thief 118: I am determined to make my elegant, (escape) come what will.at elegant, n.
Autobiog. of a Thief 171: Now he had ‘gone up the escape,’ and was being carried to the little graveyard.at go up the escape (v.) under escape, n.
Autobiog. of a Thief 57: Then he goes to a fauny shop (imitation jewelry) and buys a few diamonds which match the real ones he his noted.at fawney-shop (n.) under fawney, n.
Autobiog. of a Thief 59: I was Mamie’s first ‘fellow’.at fellow, n.
Autobiog. of a Thief 273: From flim-flam (returning short change) to burglary is but a step, provided one has the nerve.at flim-flam, n.
Autobiog. of a Thief 44: I ran up Seventh Avenue, but was caught by a flyman (policeman).at fly man (n.) under fly, adj.
Autobiog. of a Thief 46: It was not many weeks [,...] before I could ‘bang a super,’ or get a man’s ‘front’ (watch and chain).at front, n.1
Autobiog. of a Thief 43: I got hold of the leather easily. It looked like a get-away, for no one on the sidewalk saw us.at getaway, n.
Autobiog. of a Thief 302: Before long schemes began to form in my head to make my gets (escape).at gets, n.
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