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This book makes a nice tutorial in Prohibition era slang.

It is undoubtedly a very great mystery, and will be duck soup for the newspapers.
The coppers are starting in to hate Nip and Tuck quite freely, and one copper says to me like this: "Why," he says, "These mutts are nothing but stool pigeons."
It looks as if maybe I am a gone gosling.
blacker than a yard up a chimney
I say Wilbur's case is a little exceptional because he does not start out knowing Lillian is a black cat, but thinking she is a leopard.
taking him out for an airing
The scribe has nothing he can use for money.
Miss Billy Perry, dropping so many tears that she seems to finally wash herself right into Dave the Dude's arms.
Feet's feet take up so much room when he is on the floor that only two other dancers can work out at the same time.
I can see that one hair of her head is stronger than the Atlantic cable with Feet Samuels.
When it comes to pool, the old judge is just naturally a curly wolf.

From my favorite story, "Butch Minds the Baby":

"Sh-h-h-h!" Butch says, pointing at the baby, and making more noise with his shush than an engine blowing off steam.
... a beef from her over keeping the baby out in the night air... Spanish John, who seems to be a very square guy, says that after all it is only fair to cut the baby in if it is to be with them when they are making the score
When Isadore sits down in the taxi something goes wa-wa, like a sheep, and Big Butch becomes very indignant because it seems Isadore is sitting on John Ignatius Junior's doll, which says "Mamma" when you squeeze it.
...with John Ignatius Junior sitting on the blanket, pulling on the bottle and looking wiser than a treeful of owls.

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