The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter
Subtitle: forgotten hipster lines, tough guy talk, and jive gems
By: Alan Axelrod
Publisher: Skyhorse Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9781616084028
Subjects: Colloquial language; English language; Slang
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Gumshoes, gunsels, mugs, and molls: notes from the underworld; title: Daddies, dishes, dreamboats, and drugstore cowboys: guys on dolls and vice versa; title: Hipsters, hepsters, daddy-o's, and zoot suiters: old school cool; title: Swabbies, sad sacks, broke dicks, and jodies: GI jive; title: Wood pushers, white shoes, kibitzers, and knuckle busters: wise words from working stiffs; title: Four-flushers, two-timers, bad eggs, and egg suckers: when invective was really effective.