I Woke Next to the Corpse by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

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Stiff: A corpse.

Stinko: Drunk, tight, blotto.

Stir: Prison, jail.

Stogie: An inexpensive cigar.

Stompers: Shoes.

Stoolie: A stool pigeon, an informer, a rat.

Strap watch: Wristwatch.

Streetwalker: A prostitute.

Stretch: A prison sentence.

Strictly from Dixie: Corny, not cool.

Sunday punch: A powerful or devastating blow, especially a knockout punch.

Super: A term referring to the superintendent of a building.

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Swabbie: A sailor.

Swab: A sailor.

Swag: Money; goods; valuables.

Swell: Good, fine, nice; or a rich person.

Swells: People of high social position or who are dressed in the height of fashion.

Swing a wing: Dance Swing.

Tabloid: A newspaper.

Tag: Someone following another person.

Tail: Shadow, follow; or somebody who is following another.

Take a powder: Leave.

Take it on the arches: Leave, go away.

Take some air: Leave, go outside, or go for a ride.

Talkies: Moving pictures with the audio and dialogue added.

Tanakh: The Hebrew Bible.

Tanked: Intoxicated; tight; stewed to the hat.

Tangle: A fight, a dust up, a disturbance.

Tar: Swabbie: A sailor.

Ten spot: A ten dollar bill.

Things are tough all over: You can shove that sob story somewhere.

Throwing metal: Shooting a gun.

Toffee nosed: Snobbish.

Tomato: An attractive woman.

Torch singer: One who specializes in singing songs of unrequited love; also, referred to a torcher

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