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| Photo courtesy of Michael Esslinger |
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| How would Al Capone have said it? Gennifer Choldenko collects words and expressions from the 30’s for her books: Al Capone Does My Shirts and Al Capone Shines My Shoes. Here are a few slang phrases from her file: |
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| all wet |
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no good |
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| babe, dame, or doll |
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woman |
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| big house |
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prison |
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| dough |
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money |
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| drilling |
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shooting a gun at someone |
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| dukes |
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hands |
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| dummy up |
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shut up |
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| genius |
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an extremely dumb person |
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| g-man |
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federal agent or "government man" |
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