Taking It on the Lam 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.
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
Taking It on the Lam