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here is a link to the 1930's slang dictionary...enjoy:
http://xroads.Virginia.edu/~MA04/hess/Slang/slangmenu2.html
- abercrombie - a know-it-all
- aces, snazzy, hot, cool, keen, or swell - awesome
- all wet - not any good
- babe, dame, broad, doll, kitten, frail, muffin, or twist - a woman
- beat - out of money
- cabbage, lettuce, kale, folding green - paper money in the US
- cats or alligators - fans of Swing Music
- cave - home
- chisel - to swindle
- dick, shamus, gumshoe, flatfoot - a detective
- doss - sleep
- dukes, paws, mitts, grabbers, meat hooks - hands
- drumsticks, pins, stems, pillars, gams, get-away sticks - legs
- drill, plug, throw lead - to shoot a gun
- egg - a crude person
- evil - in a bad mood
- G-man - a federal agent
- grifter - a con artist
- hard-boiled - tough
- hocks, plates - feet
- hop, rag, wingding, jolly-up, romp - a dance or party
- joe - an average guy
- keen - very good
- kibosh - squelch
- kippy - neat
- low-down - information
- lunger - someone with tuberculosis (pronounced with a hard g)
- make tracks or dangle - leave suddenly
- meat wagon - ambulance
- moll - a gangster's girlfriend
- murder! - wow!
- nuts - full of nonsense
- packing heat, wearing iron - carrying a gun
- pill - a disagreeable person
- pip - an exceptional person
- ring-a-ding-ding - a good time at a party
- shake a leg - hurry up
- snipe - a cigarette
- tin - small change
- twit - a stupid person
- yo - yes or I agree!
- What's your story, morning glory? - what do you mean?
- You and me both! - I agree
- You shred it, wheat! - You said it
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∙ 14y ago- abercrombie - a know-it-all
- aces, snazzy, hot, cool, keen, or swell - awesome
- all wet - not any good
- babe, dame, broad, doll, kitten, frail, muffin, or twist - a woman
- beat - out of money
- cabbage, lettuce, kale, folding green - paper money in the US
- cats or alligators - fans of swing music
- cave - home
- chisel - to swindle
- dick, shamus, gumshoe, flatfoot - a detective
- doss - sleep
- dukes, paws, mitts, grabbers, meat hooks - hands
- drumsticks, pins, stems, pillars, gams, get-away sticks - legs
- drill, plug, throw lead - to shoot a gun
- egg - a crude person
- evil - in a bad mood
- G-man - a federal agent
- grifter - a con artist
- hard-boiled - tough
- hocks, plates - feet
- hop, rag, wingding, jolly-up, romp - a dance or party
- joe - an average guy
- keen - very good
- kibosh - squelch
- kippy - neat
- low-down - information
- lunger - someone with tuberculosis (pronounced with a hard g)
- make tracks or dangle - leave suddenly
- meat wagon - ambulance
- moll - a gangster's girlfriend
- murder! - wow!
- nuts - full of nonsense
- packing heat, wearing iron - carrying a gun
- pill - a disagreeable person
- pip - an exceptional person
- ring-a-ding-ding - a good time at a party
- shake a leg - hurry up
- snipe - a cigarette
- tin - small change
- twit - a stupid person
- yo - yes or I agree!
- What's your story, morning glory? - what do you mean?
- You and me both! - I agree
- You shred it, wheat! - You said it
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