Taking It on the Lam by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview
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Bump/bump off: To kill.
Bump gums: To talk about nothing worthwhile.
Burn: Kill.
Burn the road: Speed; drive fast, possibly too fast; burn rubber; leave marks; etc.
Button your chin: Keep quiet,
Butts: Cigarettes.
C: $100.
C-note: $100 bill.
Cabbage: Money.
Call box: A telephone randomly located on city sidewalks and used, in bygone days, by police officers to check in or to report crimes, emergencies, fires, etc.
Can: The bathroom or jail.
Canned: Intoxicated; tight; stewed to the hat.
Cheaters: Sunglasses.
Cheese it: To run or get away or to hide or put things out of sight.
Chesterfield: An upholstered sofa.
Chicago overcoat: Coffin.
Chill off: Kill.
Chin/chinning: Conversation, talking.
Chinese angle: A strange or unusual twist or aspect to something, as in “You’re not going to find a Chinese angle in this case.”
Chippy: A prostitute.
Chopper: A machine gun.
Christopher Columbus: Exclamation of surprise.
Chrome-dome: A bald headed man.
Chucklehead: Unintelligent person.
Chump: A stupid or foolish person.
Chump change: Small amount of money.
Clams: Money.
Clobbered: Have a crush on.
Club fighters: Local professional boxers with mediocre fight records.
Coffin nails: Cigarettes.
Confidential lay: Working in confidence for someone else; a secret job.
Cook with gas: To do something right.
Cookin’ with helium: Dances well and fast.
Cooler: Jail.
Copacetic: Okay, fine, as in “She was copacetic with me.”
Cop it sweet: To accept a penalty/sentence/jail time without complaint or squealing.
Crate: An automobile.
Creampuff: A pushover.
Crikey: A mild oath.
Crumb: Jerk, no fun.
Cut a rug: Dance.
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