Hard Boiled Speak Flashcards

1
Q

Money

A

Bacon, Cabbage, folding green, kale, lettuce, long green, Lincoln or a five spot ($5 bill) bread, dough, moolah, rhino, salad, suds

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2
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Know it all

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Abercrombie

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3
Q

Cool

A

Aces

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4
Q

Swing music fan

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Alligator, cat

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5
Q

No good

A

All wet

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6
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Telephone

A

Ameche, the blower, the horn

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7
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Woman

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A broad, a dame, a dish, a doll, frail, a kitten, a muffin, a twist,

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8
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A baby

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A glass of milk

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9
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Booze

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Bath tub gin, rot gut, giggle juice, hooch, mule

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10
Q

Gun

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Bean shooter, convincer, gat, a heater, a rod, a roscoe; packing heat, wearing iron

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11
Q

I was Broke

A

Beat , behind the grind

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12
Q

Prison

A

The big house, hoosegow

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13
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Blackmail

A

Bleed

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14
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Eyes

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Blinkers, lamps, peepers, pies, shutters

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15
Q

Leave, exit

A

Blow, drift, am-scram, make tracks, scram, split, take a powder

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16
Q

Don’t get excited

A

Don’t blow your wig

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17
Q

What’s the talk on the street?

A

What’s the Booshwash ?

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18
Q

I can’t waste my time talking to you

A

I can’t waste time bumping gums

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19
Q

A mistake

A

Brodie

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20
Q

Henchmen

A

Bruno’s, Cronies, goons, hatchet men, torpedoes, trigger men

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21
Q

An advantage

A

A bulge

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22
Q

An attractive woman

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A butter and egg fly, doll face, a dish, a hot mamma, a looker, a sweet mama, a sweet patootie, a tomato

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23
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The man with the money, a bank roll

A

Her butter and egg man

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24
Q

Police badge

A

A buzzer

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25
Q

Ounce of cocaine, heroine

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A Cadillac

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26
Q

Female singer

A

A canary

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27
Q

At my house or apartment

A

My cave

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28
Q

A coffin

A

A Chicago overcoat

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29
Q

A machine gun

A

A Chicago typewriter, Tommy gun, Chopper, a gat

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30
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Dollar bills

A

A check, a checker, a saw buck

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31
Q

Glass of water

A

A cup of city juice ; dog soup

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32
Q

To cheat, to work an angle

A

Chisel swindle

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33
Q

Railroad detective

A

Cinder dick

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34
Q

Take a wild swing

A

A clam-bake

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35
Q

Night club, gambling joint

A

Clip-joint

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36
Q

Police

A

A copper

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37
Q

I’m not some loser

A

I’m not some crumb

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38
Q

To insult

A

Crust

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39
Q

Disappointment

A

Curve

40
Q

Super cute

A

Cute as a bug’s ear

41
Q

Leave in a hurry, abruptly

A

Dangle, Make tracks

42
Q

A bad dancer

A

A dead hoofer; a cement mixer

43
Q

A detective

A

A dick; a flatfoot, gum shoe, a shamus;

44
Q

To think hard; to understand

A

Dig

45
Q

Dil-ya-be

A

A phone call

46
Q

Silly

A

Dingy

47
Q

To be in love with a woman

A

Dizzy with a dame

48
Q

Self consciously well dressed

A

Doggy

49
Q

Sleep

A

Doss

50
Q

To shot a gun

A

Drilling, filling someone full of daylight, give someone lead poisoning; plugging, throwing lead

51
Q

Legs

A

Gams, Stems, a bird with a nice set of drumsticks, get away sticks, pins, pillars, uprights

52
Q

Fists, hands

A

Dukes, grabbers, meat hooks, paws

53
Q

Egg

A

A crude person

54
Q

To run smoothly

A

Eggs in coffee

55
Q

In a bad mood

A

Feeling evil

56
Q

A girlfriend (to a boy)

A

A fem, a filly, flame, a flirt, fuss,

57
Q

A car

A

A flivver, a tin can

58
Q

A dumb person

A

A genius

59
Q

Federal agent

A

G-man

60
Q

Speak easy, bar, or tavern

A

A gun mill

61
Q

Saxophone

A

Gobble-pipe

62
Q

Unpopular person

A

Greseball, Hal-portion, jellybean, wet smack,?wet sock

63
Q

Con man

A

Grifter

64
Q

Messing things up

A

Gumming the works

65
Q

Tough

A

Hard boiled eggs

66
Q

Feet

A

Hocks, plates

67
Q

A kiss

A

Honey cooler

68
Q

A kiss

A

Honey cooler

69
Q

Electric chair

A

The hot squat

70
Q

Electric chair

A

The hot squat

71
Q

House detective

A

House dick, house peeper

72
Q

Average guy

A

Joe

73
Q

Tired

A

Joed

74
Q

Enjoyable

A

Juicy

75
Q

Very good

A

Keen

76
Q

Very good

A

Keen

77
Q

Squelch

A

Kibosh

78
Q

Neat

A

Kippy

79
Q

All the information

A

The lowdown

80
Q

Someone with tuberculosis

A

Lunger

81
Q

Have sex

A

Making whoopee, pitching woo

82
Q

Ambulance

A

Meat wagon

83
Q

Spiked drink

A

Micky, a Micky Finn

84
Q

Congratulate me!

A

MIT me kid!

85
Q

Gangster’s girlfriend

A

Moll

86
Q

Wow!

A

Murder

87
Q

Wow!

A

Murder

88
Q

You’re full of nonsense!

A

Nuts to you!

89
Q

That’s Corny

A

That’s off the cob

90
Q

Migrant worker from Oklahoma

A

Okie

91
Q

Young Mexican living in the United States

A

Pachuco

92
Q

A friend

A

Pally

93
Q

Formed innocent for a crime

A

The patsy

94
Q

Disagreeable person

A

Pill

95
Q

Ugly person

A

Pip

96
Q

Phonograph record

A

A platter

97
Q

Big and strong

A

Plenty rugged