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Baumes sponsored a New York law (the Baumes Law) which called for automatic life imprisonment of any criminal convicted more than three times. Some criminals would move to a state that didn't have this law in order to avoid its penalty should they be caught again, and this was known as a \"Baumes rush,\" because of the similarity to \"bum's rush.\"  \n• Be on the nut, To: To be broke  \n• Bean-shooter: Gun  \n• Beef: problem  \n• Bee's Knees: An extraordinary person, thing, idea; the ultimate.  \n• Beezer: Nose  \n• Behind the eight-ball: In a difficult position, in a tight spot  \n• Bent cars: Stolen cars  \n• Berries  \no Dollars  \no Something attractive; similar to \"bee's knees\"  \n• Big Cheese, Big Shot-The boss. Someone of importance and influence  \n• Big house: Jail  \n• Big one, The: Death  \n• Big sleep, The: Death (coined by Chandler)  \n• Bing: Jailhouse talk for solitary confinement, hence \"crazy\"  \n• Bird: Man  \n• Bit: Prison sentence  \n• Blip off: To kill  \n• Blow: Leave  \n• Blow one down: Kill someone  \n• Blower: Telephone  \n• Bluenose: A prude.  \n• Bo: Pal, buster, fellow, as in \"Hey, bo\"  \n• Boiler: Car  \n• Bop: To kill  \n• Box:  \no A safe  \no A bar  \n• Box job: A safecracking  \n• Brace (somebody): Grab, shake up  \n• Bracelets: Handcuffs  \n• Break it up: Stop that, quit the nonsense  \n• Breeze: To leave, go; also breeze off: get lost  \n• Bruno: Tough guy, enforcer  \n• Bucket: Car  \n• Bulge, as in \"The kid had the bulge there\": The advantage  \n• Bulls: Plainclothes railroad cops; uniformed police; prison guards  \n• Bum's rush, To get the: To be kicked out  \n• Bump: Kill  \n• Bump gums: To talk about nothing worthwhile  \n• Bump off: Kill; also, bump-off: a killing  \n• Buncoing some (people): Defrauding people  \n• Bunk:  \no \"Take a bunk\" - leave, disappear  \no \"That's the bunk\" -that's false, untrue  \no \"to bunk\" -to sleep  \n• Bunny, as in \"Don't be a bunny\": Don't be stupid  \n• Burn powder: Fire a gun  \n• Bus: Big car  \n• Button: Face, nose, end of jaw  \n• Button man: Professional killer  \n• Buttons: Police  \n• Butts: Cigarettes  \n• Buy a drink: To pour a drink  \n• Buzzer: Policeman's badge  \nC  \n• C: $100, a pair of Cs = $200  \n• Cabbage: Money  \n• Caboose: Jail (from \"calaboose,\" which derives from calabozo, the Spanish word for\"jail\")  \n• Call copper: Inform the police  \n• Can:  \no Jail  \no Car  \n• Can-opener: Safecracker who opens cheap safes  \n• Canary: Woman singer  \n• Carry a Torch: Suffering from an unrequieted love.  \n• Case dough: \"Nest egg ... the theoretically untouchable reserve for emergencies\"(Speaking)  \n• Cat: Man  \n• Cat's Meow: Something splendid or stylish; similar to bee's knees.  \n• Cat's Pajamas: \"I think yer the cat's pajamas\" -term of endearment translated in today's terms as \"I think you are really really cool\" .  \n• Century: $100  \n• Cheaters: Sunglasses  \n• Cheese it: Put things away, hide  \n• Chew: Eat  \n• Chicago lightning: gunfire  \n• Chicago overcoat: Coffin  \n• Chilled off: Killed  \n• Chin: Conversation; chinning: talking  \n• Chin music: Punch on the jaw  \n• Chisel: To swindle or cheat  \n• Chiv, chive: Knife, \"a stabbing or cutting weapon\" (Speaking)  \n• Chopper squad: Men with machine guns  \n• Chump: person marked for a con or a gullible person.  \n• Clammed: Close-mouthed (clammed up)  \n• Clean sneak: An escape with no clues left behind  \n• Clipped: Shot  \n• Close your head: Shut up  \n• Clout: Shoplifter  \n• Clubhouse: Police station  \n• Coffee-and-doughnut, as in \"These coffee-and-doughnut guns are ...\": Could come from \"coffee and cakes,\" which refers to something cheap or of little value.  \n• Con: Confidence game, swindle  \n• Conk: Head  \n• Cool: To knock out  \n• Cooler: Jail  \n• Cop  \no Detective, even a private one  \no To win, as in a bet  \n• ","cbCaitxOSijgRlW6","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitxOSijgRlW6","pdf",99825,21,"English","# A\n# B\n# C\n# D\n# E","[{\"question\":\"What does the document contain?\",\"answer\":\"It contains an alphabetized glossary of 1920s slang terms, each with a definition and sometimes extra context or origin information.\"},{\"question\":\"How are the slang terms organized?\",\"answer\":\"The entries are grouped alphabetically by letter, with short bullet-point definitions under each term.\"},{\"question\":\"Does it include slang related to crime and prisons?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. 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