PEOPLE
Abercrombie A know-it-all
Babe, broad, dame, doll, frail, twist, muffin,kitten Woman
Brunos, goons, hatchetmen, torpedoes, trigger men Hired gunmen and other tough guys
Butterand egg fly, hot mama, sweet mama, sweet patootie, dish, looker, tomato An attractive woman
Butterand egg man Themoney man, the man with the bankroll
Canary Afemale vocalist
Cats or alligators Fans of swing music
Copper Policeman
Crumb A fink, a loser by social standards
Dead hoofer or cement mixer Bad dancer
Dollface Name for a woman when a man is pleading his case or apologizing
Egg A crude person
Fem, filly, flame, flirt, fuss Constant girl companion to a boy
Genius An extremely, unbelievably dumb person
G-man Federal agent, term coined by Machine Gun Kelly
Golddigger Attractive young woman actively hunting for a rich man
Greaseball, half portion, wet smack, wet sock, jelly bean Unpopular person
Grifter A con man or woman
Gumshoe, flatfoot, shamus Detective
Gunsel Gunman with a hint toward being a reckless loose cannon
House peeper House detective
Joe A average guy
Moll A gangster's girlfriend
Pally Friend, chum, sometimes used sarcastically
Patsy Innocent man framed for a criminal charge
Pill Disagreeable person
Pip Attractive person
Scatsinger Avocalist who improvises lyrics, substituting nonsense syllables for words
Scrub Poor student
Skin tickler A drummer
Stool pigeon, snitch Someone who informs to the police
Tin ear,Ickie Someone who did not like popular music
Twit Fool or Idiot
Wheat Person unused to city ways
PLACES
Apple Any big town or city
Big house, hoosegow Prison
Cave One's house or apartment
Clam-bake Wild swing
Clip joint Night club or gambling joint where patrons get flimflammed
Egg harbor Free dance
Gin mill Place that serves liquor, sometimes illegally
Hop, rag, jolly up, romp, wingding Dance or party
Speakeasy Bar disguised as something else or hidden behind an unmarked door
THINGS
All the way Chocolate cake or fudge with ice cream
Ameche, horn, blower Telephone
Baby Glass of milk
Bean shooter, gat, rod, roscoe, heater,convincer Gun
Blinkers, lamps, pies, shutters, peepers Eyes
Booze, hooch, giggle juice, mule Whiskey
Brodie A mistake
Buzzer Police badge
Cabbage, lettuce, kale, folding green, long green Money
Check or checker A dollar
Chicago overcoat Coffin
Chicago typewriter, chopper, gat "Tommy Gun", Thompson Submachine Gun
City juice, dog soup Glass of water
Dil-ya-ble A phone call
Dog house String bass
Drumsticks, pins, pillars, stems, uprights, get away sticks, gams Legs
Dukes, paws, grabbers, meat hooks Hands
Five spot, a Lincoln $5 bill
Gobble-pipe Saxophone
Hocks, plates Feet
Honey cooler A kiss
Low down All the information
Meat wagon Ambulance
Micky, Micky Finn Spiked drink
Platter A record
Rot gut, bathtub gin Prohibition alcohol usually made in back rooms and of low quality
Sawbuck $10 bill
Slugburger Adding day-old bread to ground beef.
Snipe Cigarette
Sourdough Counterfeit money
Suds, salad, dough, moolah, rhino, bacon (as in bring home thebacon), bread Money
The high hat A response in which one excludes another with irreverence and intent to offend
The kiss off The final goodbye as in exile or death
Tin Small change
Tin can, flivver A car
Trip for biscuits A task that yields nothing
VERBS
Bleed toextort or blackmail
Blow your wig Become very excited
Bumping gums, booshwash Talk about nothing useful
Chisel Swindle, cheat, work an angle
Crust To insult
Curve Disappointment
Dig Think hard or understand
Gumming the works To cause something to run less smoothly
K balling Salvaging parts from junked rail cars to rebuild others
Kibosh Squelch
Make tracks, dangle Leave in a hurry, leave abruptly
Mitt me kid! Congratulate me
Packing heat, wearing iron Carrying a gun
Shake a leg Hurry up
Slip me five Shake my hand
Take a powder, blow, split, scram, drift Leave
Taking the rap, taking the fall Taking responsibility for someone else's crime or crimes
STATES OF BEING
Bulge Having the advantage
Dizzy with a dame Very much in love with a woman, sometimes at great risk to themselves, especially if she's someone else's moll
Doss Sleep
Drilling,plugging, throwing lead, filling someone with daylight, giving someone lead poisoning Shooting a gun (at someone)
Evil In a bad mood
Joed Tired
Ring-a-ding-ding A good time at a party
ADJECTIVES
Cute as a bug's ear Very cute
Dingy Silly
Doggy Well dressed but in a self conscious way
Hard boiled Tough
Juicy Enjoyable
Keen Very Good
Kippy Neat
Murder! Wow!
Nuts! Telling someone they are full of nonsense
Off the cob Corny
Plenty rugged Big and strong
Smooth Well dressed without qualification
Squat Nothing
Togged to the bricks Dressed up
Whacky Crazy
PHRASES
Abyssinia I'll be seeing you
Aces, snazzy, hot, nobby, smooth, sweet, swell, keen, cool Very good
All wet No good
Beat Broke
Behind the grind Behind in one's studies
What's your story, morning glory? What do you mean by that?
Yo! Yes
You and me both I agree
"You shred it, wheat" You said it
