Taking It on the Lam by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview
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Peeper: Detective.
Pennies from heaven: Easy money.
Picture house: Movie theater.
Pie eyed: Intoxicated; tight; stewed to the hat.
Piffled: Intoxicated; tight; stewed to the hat.
Pig in a poke: Something unseen as in: “I’m not buying a pig in a poke.”
Pinch: Arrest, capture.
Pins: A woman’s legs.
Pin your diapers on: Get dressed
Pipe down: Be quiet.
Play: A gambit, plan, scheme, business, or procedure, like in
“Having a second man along would certainly help his play.”
Plug: To shoot someone.
Poke: A bankroll, a stake. Also, a wallet or purse; the term usually applying to the money therein.
Potted: Intoxicated; tight; stewed to the hat.
Pour house: A location where liquors and alcoholic beverages were sold illegally.
Private dick: A private detective.
Private eye: A private detective.
Pro skirt: A prostitute.
Pug: A boxer, prizefighter, fighter, pugilist.
Punk: Generally a lowlife; also a hood or a thug.
Puss: A face.
Put over: To achieve or carry through by trickery or deceit.
Put the chill on: Kill.
Put the wind up: Make someone nervous or afraid.
Queer: To ruin something or to put it wrong, as in “You ain’t gonna queer this investigation!” Counterfeit money.
Quenchers: Cold drinks.
Racket: Job, caper, scheme, business, game.
Rag: A newspaper.
Rags: Clothes, generally.
Taking It on the Lam