Het derde deel van de slangwoordenlijst, zoals dat te vinden is in het boekje dat je hierboven ziet.
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| nice warm seat | electric chair |
| noggin | head, brain |
| no more nerve than a catfish | coward |
| nosey | curious |
| not a peep | not a word |
| to nudge | to push |
| nut | fool |
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o |
| off-hand pasting | occasional beating |
| off his nut | unreasonable |
| old bloke | funny person |
| old can | prison |
| old pill | unpopular person |
| old tomato | low-class woman |
| old warm squativoo | electric chair for the execution of criminals |
| one-arm joint | lunchroom on the serve-yourself plan |
| one-two-seven | skilful, tactful |
| on the fly | evading the law |
| on the level | honest, frank - on the dead level for emphasis |
| to out with the old equalizer | to draw a pistol |
| overhead | expenses; debt |
| to owe the state any time | to finish a prison sentence |
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p |
| pad | glove |
| pair of tops | dice that are improperly spotter to permit cheating |
| pally | friendly |
| to palm | to handle; to shake |
| pan | face |
| pancake | face |
| to paste | to beat |
| peek | look |
| stray peek | furtive glance |
| peg | leg |
| peggy joyce | dance hostess whose business it is to see that customers buy drinks |
| perfect plant | easy job |
| petty-larceny kind of guy | pickpocket |
| phedinkus | nonsense |
| phenagling around | any act that is disliked; annoying conduct |
| phonus bolonus | faked |
| piece | news-paper item |
| pinch | arrest |
| pineapple | bomb |
| pins | legs |
| pipe-dreamy | highly fictitious; very unlikely |
| to pitch | to throw the ball |
| to pitch to | make love |
| to play on one's muscle | to bluff |
| to play the warm | to make friends |
| plenty of coconuts | much money |
| plenty of heat | full of anxiety |
| to plug | to shoot; to work steadily |
| to be plumb gone | to fall in love |
| a plumb washout | a failure, disappointment |
| pokey | prison |
| to pop off | to die |
| to pot | to shoot |
| potatoes | dollars |
| proper caper | right way |
| punk | child; a boy who begs food for a tramp and serves him generally |
| puppy | cowardice |
| puss | face |
| to put the arm on | to arrest |
| to put the blast on | to bring somebody into disrepute |
| to put the finger on | to poit out someone |
| to put the lug | to beg |
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r |
| racketeering | criminal or shady activity of a gang |
| rah-rah-rah | hurrah |
| rap | nod, condemnation |
| rat | betrayer, crook |
| rattle-headed | gossiping person |
| raw | unfair |
| to ride the tubs | to cross the ocean (tub = ocean liner) |
| right off the bat | at once, immediately |
| rock | diamond |
| rod | revolver |
| rodded up | heavily armed |
| to root | to cheer, to applaud |
| rotten deal | unfair treatment |
| rum-chaser | coast patrol-boat |
| rumpot | confirmed drunkard |
| run-in | fight |
| running start | beginning |
| to run out on someone | to break off with someone |
| rutabaga | beetroot |
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s |
| sap | fool |
| sawbuck | ten-dollar note |
| scragged | hung; executed |
| scratch | money |
| scribe | journalist |
| scrooching back | to crouch |
| see-more coat | very short jacket |
| set | ready |
| shebang | building; a poor shelter |
| to shed | to get rid of |
| shellacking | thrashing |
| to shin up | to climb |
| shiv artist | knifer |
| shivved | stabbed |
| short | automobile |
| to show much foot | to outrun; to prove oneself superior |
| simple simon | diamond |
| single | alone; unmarried |
| slams | drinks |
| slapdash | at full speed |
| sleeve | handcuff |
| slicked up | neat; trin |
| sloppy | careless; slovenly |
| slug | bullet |
| slum | cheap stuff |
| to slump down | to fall |
| smack-dab | straight, right into |
| smush | mouth |
| to snatch | to abduct; to kidnap |
| sneezer | prison |
| snoring | senseless, unconscious |
| snort | intoxicating drink |
| soft touch | poor fighter |
| sopping wet | addicted to drink |
| to sort of rouse oneself | to try to keep up courage |
| speak | drinking shop |
| to speak through one's hat | to talk nonsense |
| to split out | to eject |
| square on her feet | firm on her feet |
| square-looking | funny-looking |
| square pan and square shoulders | broad face and broad shoulders |
| to squint | to look |
| squirt | youngster |
| stewed up | intoxicated |
| to stick in one's oar | to take a person's part; to take part in conversation |
| stiffering | bribing |
| stir | criminal slang for "prison"; "short"stir because the prisoners got their hair cut short |
| stool pigeon | informer |
| sucker for a curve | poor player who fails to measure up to expectations |
| surge in | push in |
| swag | loot |
| swig | drink |
| to swing a very mean skillet | to be a good cook |
| to switch in | to smuggle |
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t |
| to take | to bet |
| to take a belt | to swallow a drink of whiskey |
| to take the breeze | to get away, to skip |
| to take it on the lam | to escape |
| to take out for an airing | to kill an enemy or an unwanted associate |
| to take the wind | to go away |
| teensy nibble | small bet |
| ten G's | ten thousand dollars |
| terrible fink | very questionable person |
| testy | angry |
| three C's | three hundred dollars |
| to throw a bull by the tail | to jump from a horse running at full speed |
| ticker | sense |
| tickled half to death | very glad |
| tootsie | darling |
| top-notch ducket-hustler | first-class ticket-seller |
| torch song | generally a sad or comic song known to be a success with audiences at cabarets or night clubs; impromptu song |
| total bust | great failure |
| to the hay | to bed |
| tough beef | opponent who is hard to beat |
| tough break | misfortune |
| traffic summons | fine for driving too fast |
| trambo | tramp |
| trap | mouth |
| truck | dispute |
| to try the back door | to escape |
| to tucker oneself out | to get up |
| two-handed spender | good customer |
| two yards | two hundred dollars |
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u |
| up in the paint cards | at bursting point |
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v |
| vanity case | manicure case |
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w |
| waffle | old-fashioned person |
| wake | entertainment |
| to walk oneself bow-legged | to tire oneself to death |
| weak face | no courage |
| to weigh in the sacks | to ridicule |
| well cased | spied out |
| to welsh | to cheat, to deceive |
| what he heaves | what is the result |
| what is eating him | what is the matter with him |
| what is the score | what is going on |
| white quarter | 25 cents |
| to wiggle off | to take revenge |
| will up and croak on us | will die on our hands |
| wobbling about very loose at the hinges | feeling very strange |
| woofle-woofle | wild |
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y |
| yank in their noodles | withdraw their heads |
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z |
| zing | vigour, energy |
| to zip | to sneak |
| to zip along | to drive recklessly |
| zoople-zoople | barking |