Het tweede deel van de slangwoordenlijst, zoals dat te vinden is in het boekje dat je hierboven ziet.
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h |
| half-portion | insignificant fellow |
| hamburger | a steak (german beefsteak) |
| hammered down | wide-stretched |
| handicapper | bookmaker |
| hand running | continued |
| hard-luck story | an explanation which is questionable |
| to haul off | to depart |
| to have a big burnt-up feeling | to be angry or excited |
| to have his pots on | to be drunk |
| to have a society bug | to have a craze to get into society |
| to have somebody hooked | to strike a blow |
| haybag | fattish |
| head-and-head game | man against man |
| heat | sensation |
| heel at heart | heartless |
| hundred percent heel | unscrupulous, without conscience |
| heft | weight |
| highbrow gab | intelligent talk |
| high-class operator | smart gambler who uses a dishonest pack of cards |
| high-grade merchandise | illegal whiskey or liquor of any kind |
| to hold post-mortem | to complain |
| hole card | sole care; sole ambition |
| hollering copper | calling for the police |
| homely as a mud fence | extremely ugly |
| honey | sweetheart |
| hoofprints | footmarks |
| hop-joint | an opium den |
| hot horse | in poor form, certain to lose the race |
| hotsy-totsy | excellent, pleasant, satisfactory |
| hudson dusters | car-thieves |
| huffy | angry, irritated |
| husler | tipster; very active man |
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i |
| injunin | indian-like |
| inside job | theft committed by a member of the household or by a guest |
| interstate time | to go on circuit through the various states of the usa |
| izzard | the letter z |
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j |
| jack-deuce | leaning |
| jack the beefer | a beefer is generally a person who gives information against others; the natives of texas are also called beefers |
| jam | disagreement |
| java | cup of coffee |
| jerry | deaf |
| jinx | bad luck |
| jockey | taxi-driver |
| john roscoe | revolver |
| johnny-come-lately | beginner, novice |
| jug | safe, bank |
| just for a laugh | only a friendly call |
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k |
| to keel over | to fail in an undertaking |
| to keep belting away | to keep on fighting |
| ker-plump | wholly |
| kick | trouser-pocket |
| to kick hell out | to reprove and censore severely; to create a disturbance |
| to kick in the snoot | to hit on the nose |
| to kiss | to knock down |
| kisser | face |
| klob | game of chance |
| to knock over | to eat |
| to knock somebody's ears down | to whip or thrash |
| to knock oneself off | to commit suicide |
| kyards | cards |
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l |
| lags | convicts |
| lammister | escaped convict |
| lean and linger | fingers |
| to be levelling | to be honest, reliable, fair |
| to lie dead | to conceal oneself |
| loogan | generally a prizefighter but also a fellow who has to work for his living |
| to lug | to carry |
| luh-huh-wuh | love |
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m |
| to make the guy hard to catch | to give the fellow a severe beating |
| marker | an iou (I owe you); bill of debt |
| mawl | mallet |
| middle name | order |
| middling | not a regular beauty |
| mob | underworld gang |
| to be mobbed up | to be connected with |
| monicker | nickname |
| moseying along | passing along |
| mouser | mousy moustache |
| mouthpiece | lawyer |
| to move in on | to attack |
| moxie | ability and skill |
| mumblety-pegs | a girl's legs; generally: mumby-legs |
| mucky-mucky | swell |
| mug | face |
| muss | confusion |
| mutt | dog; fool |
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