1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330: aces high, n. Trustworthiness; a term reflecting trust and reliability in a person of the underworld.at ace-high, adj.
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 334/1: nuts and bolts, adj. Looney, feebleminded.at nuts-and-bolts, adj.1
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 334/2: poke-up artist, n. A professional highwayman.at -artist, sfx
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/1: baby grand, n. A five hundred dollar bill.at baby grand (n.) under baby, adj.
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/1: badger, n. A man who dresses as a woman and exploits other men for money.at badger, n.1
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/1: bag, n. 1. A down and out prostitute working in streets and alleys.at bag, n.1
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 333/1: hold the bag, vph. To take punishment.at hold the bag, v.
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/1: beans, n A copulation, vi. To copulate.at give someone beans (v.) under beans, n.2
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/1: bed up, vi. To go to bed with someone (obscene).at bed, v.
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/1: big shot, [...] vt. To imitate, to simulate the attribute of a superior.at big shot, v.
1931–34 in D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 333/1: Hummingbird...The electric chair.at humming bird, n.
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/2: To ‘blow a mark’ is to be unsuccessful in thieving either through the arrival of the police or through some blundering.at blow, v.2
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/2: brat, n. A boy used for sex purposes, a ‘punk.’.at brat, n.1
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/2: briars, n. Hack saws, used in reference to sawing bars in jail or prison.at briar, n.
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 330/2: bug, [...] vi. To talk together, to conspire.at bug, v.2
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 332/2: A town or reso may have so much ‘heat’ directed up it that it is described as ‘burning up’.at burn up, v.
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: buzzard, n. [...] 2. An unattached old bum who appears uninvited in the jungles.at buzzard, n.
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 332/2: half a century, n. A fifty-dollar bill.at half-century (n.) under century, n.
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: chisel, vt. [...] 2. To supplant, to horn in, to crash the gate, to ingratiate one’s self.at chisel, v.
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: clock, n. A life sentence in jail: ‘doing time the clock around’.at clock, n.1
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: clown, n. A village constable or policeman.at clown, n.
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: cold turkey, n. Caught in the act: a right charge, an open and shut case.at cold turkey, adv.
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: cook, vt. [...] 2. To kill by legal electrocution.at cook, v.1
1931–4 D. Clemmer Prison Community (1940) 331/1: coshed, vt. To be knocked out, especially by a blow on the head.at cosh, v.