Taking It on the Lam by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview
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Dead hoofer: Poor dancer.
Deck: A pack of cigarettes, as in “a deck of Lucky Strikes.”
Digging the jive: Dance.
Dime: A ten year prison sentence.
Ding-dong: A penis or a dumb person.
Dinge: A black person.
Dish: A good looking woman.
Divan: A couch.
Dodgy: Evasive, tricky. It can also refer to something not good, reliable, or sound.
Doll/dollface: A good looking woman.
Doll dizzy: Girl crazy.
Don’t do me any favors: A bit difficult to explain as it’s pejorative. It’s something like saying; “Keep your shit. I don’t want it and I’m not doing you any favors in return.”
Don’t go into a decline: Don’t get depressed.
Dope: Information. Also, dope can refer to drugs of any kind or to have something or someone figured out, as in “She had him doped as a copper.”
Doper: One who takes dope; drug user; addict.
Dopey: Not smart, nerdy.
Doppelgänger: German for someone who looks like someone else; alter ego, double, or lookalike.
Double sawbuck: A twenty dollar bill.
Dough: Money.
Dressed to the nines: Perfectly dressed in the most fashionable attire.
Drilling: Shooting someone.
Drip: A boring person.
Drop a nickel/drop a dime: Make a phone call, sometimes meaning to the police to inform on someone.
Duck soup: Easy, a piece of cake.
Ducky shin cracker: A good dancer.
Duds: Clothes, generally.
Dust: Leave, depart.
Dutch act: Commit suicide, as in “The mug pulled the Dutch act.”
Eager beaver: Enthusiastic helper.
Egghead: A brainy person.
Fade: To go away, get lost.
Fag: Cigarette.
Fan dancer: A female dancer who performs, either entirely nude or apparently so, while concealing herself throughout by manipulating two large fans, typically constructed from ostrich feathers.
Taking It on the Lam