Socket: device on a piece of
electrical equipment into which you
can put a bulb or plug.
Tugging: pull (something) hard or
suddenly
Despair: the complete loss or
absence of hope.
Yentas: Meddler,
gossiper, meddlesome, busybody,
nuisance. Mostly Judaic and female.
Hock shop: pawnshop
Ripped off: an act or instance of
ripping off another or others; a theft,
cheat, or swindle
Litter: rubbish that is left lying around
outside.
Steered: guide or control the
movement
Hazardousrisky; dangerous
Eased it off: to start to work less or
do things with less energy
Schlep: carry something heavy or
awkward
Shabbiness: the quality of looking old
or in bad condition
Goniff: a disreputable or dishonest
person
Moose needs a hat rack: way of
saying you dont need something
Shuffling: to walk by pulling your feet
slowly along the ground rather than
lifting them
Drabneses: dull;
cheerless; lacking in spirit,
Dingy: dark and often also dirty
Blue chip stamps: loyalty program for
customers
Cab fare: the sum charged for riding
in a taxicab
Nibble: take small bites out of
Ofays: Extremely Disparaging and
Offensive. a contemptuous term
used to refer to a white person.
Poiverts and winos: a usually indigent alcoholic
who is addicted especially to wine.
Crawl: to move slowly, either by dragging the
body along the ground or on the hands and
knees.
Twitch: to make a sudden small movement with
a part of the body, usually without intending to
Stool: a piece of faeces
Stroll out: to walk in
a slow relaxed way, especially for pleasure:
Gasser: a chatterer
Swished: to move, pass, swing, or whirl with the
sound of a swish
Strolled: to walk in
a slow relaxed way, especially for pleasure:
Pad: House, room
Tinged: having a very slight amount of a colour
Probed: physically explore or examine
(something) with the hands
Scag: Heroin
Roach:short for cockroach
Scraggly: thin and bony
Molding: a decorative recessed or relieved
surface
Bundle: collection of things or quantity of
material tied or wrapped up together
Deep in braid: a physiological state that occurs
when a person has a high level of three different
drugs in their system
Quiff: A slang term originating in the 1920's,
a quiff is a slut or cheap prostitute.
Doogied out your dong: To mistreat, especially
for a pimp or abusive man to mistreat a woman
by prostituting her.
Clutching: to take or try to take hold of
something tightly
Crackerjack: exceptionally good.
Jim: in the 60's, this was another
name for the white man.
Shrugged: to raise or draw in the
shoulders specially to express
aloofness, indifference, or
uncertainty.
Peered: look with difficulty or
concentration at someone or
something
Mischief: a playful desire to cause
trouble
Telltale: revealing, indicating, or
betraying something
Sly: having or showing a cunning and
deceitful nature
Wrestled: struggle with a difficulty or
problem.
Churning: move or cause to move
about vigorously
Mellow: pleasantly smooth or soft
Drain: a pipe or channel that is used
to carry away waste matter and wate
r from a building
Scruples: a feeling that prevents you
from doing something that
you think is morally wrong or makes
you uncertain about doing it:
Chipping: To leave.
Drab: plain and not interesting, or
not bright in appearance:
Commie: a communist.
Sleet: rain containing some ice, as
when snow melts as it falls.
Cabbies: a taxi driver
Siege: a persistent or serious attack
Cesspool: is place underground
where sewage gathers
Onlookers: a non-participating
observer; a spectator.
Hash: Hash (hashish) is the resin
collected from the flowers of the
cannabis plant.
Assent: the expression of approval or
agreement.
Seep: to move or spread slowly out of a hole or
through something:
Drag: a boring or tiresome person or thing.
Navel: belly button
Crosstown: extending or travelling from one side
of a town to the other.
Lynched: to put to death by mob action without
legal approval or permission
Slunk (past of slink): to move or go in a furtive
Lurched: make an abrupt, unsteady,
uncontrolled movement or series of movements
Clunk: a dull sound such as that made by heavy
metal objects striking together.
Cradle: the object that you put a phone, camera,
etc. into in order to recharge its batteries
Girdle: a piece of underwear for
women, worn around the waist and bottom,
that stretches to shape the body
Rummaging: to search for something
by moving things
around carelessly and looking into, under, and
behind them:
Wobbling:
a movement from side to side that shows poor b
alance:
Saunter: walk in a slow, relaxed manner
Stippled: drawn, painted,
or coloured using small spots or marks:
Stud: slang for when someone is very attractive
Stoops: the front steps of an apartment building
Stiffs: a dead body.
Leisurely: without hurry.
Gnawin persistently worrying or distressingg:
Forays:
a short period of time being involved i
n an activity that is different from
and outside the range of a usual set
of activities:
Haggard: looking exhausted and
unwell, especially from fatigue,
worry, or suffering.
Candid: honest sincere expression
Bulldike: An
extremely masculine woman who
could be mistaken for a man from
a distance.
Pallor: an unhealthy pale
appearance.
Gauntness: the quality of being very
thin, especially because of sickness
or hunger
Flailed: to move energetically in an
uncontrolled way
Snuffed: to put out a flame,
Adroitly: very skilful and quick in the
way you think or move
Clods: a stupid person:
Tranks: another term for tranquillizer.
Downers: a depressant or
tranquillizing drug,
Broads: a woman.
Maggots: very small worms that turn
into flies
Snatch: slang word for
a woman’s vagina
Teensy: tiny.
Plotz: collapse or be beside oneself
with frustration, annoyance, or other
strong emotion.
Hunks: a large piece of something,
Dexies: Short
for Dextroamphetamine (Trademark
Ripples: a sound or feeling that spreads through
a person or group of people, gradually increasin
g and then becoming smaller:
Slug: Bullets
Sundry: of various kinds; several
Fingerpoppin: , dancing and snapping their
fingers to hot music.
Unerringly: in a way that hits a target without
failing:
Staggered: walk or move unsteadily, as if about
to fall.
Bleak: f a place is bleak, it is empty, and not
welcoming or attractive
Pantomime: express or represent by
exaggerated mime.
Kindred: similar or related:
Sluggish:
moving or operating more slowly than usual and
with less energy or power:
Frisked: to
use your hands to search someone's body when
they are wearing clothes to see if they
are hiding illegal objects or weapons
Tirade:
a long, angry speech expressing strong disappr
oval:
Pooled: to collect something such
as money in order for it to be used by several
different people or groups:
Dragassed(drag ass):
a lazy person. slow person
Goof ball: a narcotic drug in the form of a pill,
especially a barbiturate.
Annals: a record of events year by year.
Dervish: a member of a Muslim religious order
who has taken vows of poverty and austerity.
Abject: to emphasize that a situation or quality
is extremely bad
Retching: make the sound and movement of
vomiting
name 'Dexedrine' and 'DextroStat'),
the d-isomer of amphetamine
Natch: Abbreviation for naturally. Knell: the sound of a bell, especially when rung
solemnly for a death or funeral.
Broiled: cook (meat or fish) by Snug:
exposure to direct heat comfortable, warm, and cosy; well protected
from the weather or cold
Pervade: spread through and be Spittle: saliva, especially as ejected from the
perceived in every part of. mouth.
Forlorn: pitifully sad and abandoned Jones: to have a strong desire or craving for
or lonely. something
Stash: store (something) safely in a Vamped: a woman who uses her charm or wiles
hidden or secret place. to seduce and exploit men
John: a prostitute's client. Honky: is an ethnic slur for white people
Jitterbug: a nervous person. Elation: great happiness and exhilaration.
Conned: When a person decides to Brooded: think deeply about something that
make a deal presented to them by makes one unhappy, angry, or worried.
someone else because they are
convinced they will
benefit handsomely from it; but the
deal results in said person losing
everything they put into it
plus invariably much more, all while
the 'someone' who proposed the deal
is on track to benefit immensely, and
secretly was the only one guaranteed
to benefit at all.
Phalanx : a body of troops or Peddling: to sell (drugs) illicitly
police officers standing or moving in
close formation
Croaker: doctor. Specifically one Pep: energy and high spirits; liveliness
that could be persuaded to write
a prescription for effective narcotics.
Hassles: irritating inconvenience.