• Absolutely: Yes

• All Wet: Bad Idea or Individual

• And How: I Agree

• Applesauce: Expletive, Nonsense, foolishness

• Babe/Baby: Sweetheart

• Bangtails: Racing horses

• Bean-shooter: Gun

• Be on the nut: Out of Money

• Beat One's Gums: Talk About Nothing

• Beef: Having an issue

• Bee's Knees: You are the best

• Behind the Eight Ball: In a difficult spot

• Bent Cars: Stolen vehicles

• Berries: Like bee's knees, used to describe something as very good

• Big Cheese: An important person, a leader

• Big One or Big Sleep: Death

• Bit: Jail Term

• Blow One Down: Murder someone

• Bluenose: A prude or puritanical person

• Bo: Pal, friend

• Boob: Dumb Person

• Boozehound: Drunkard

• Bootleg: Illegal alcohol

• Bop: Murder Someone

• Broad: A Lady

• Bruno: A Rough and Tough Man

• Bum Rush: To be Thrown Out

• Bump Guns: To waste time talking about something

• Bump Off: Murder Someone

• Button Man: Assassin

• Butt Me: Give me a Cigarette

• Butts: Cigarettes

• Buzzer: Cop's Badge

• C: One Hundred Dollar Bill

• Cabbage: Cash

• Cake-Eater: A ladies' man

• Can: Prison

• Can-Opener: Someone who opens or cracks a safe

• Carry a Torch: To have a crush on someone

• Cat: Man

• Cat's Meow: Something Really Fashionable / Cool

• Cat's Pajamas: You are Super Awesome

• Cheaters: Shades, Eyeglasses

• Chew: Eat

• Chicago Lightening: Gun Fire

• Chicago Overcoat: Coffin

• Clam: A Dollar

• Clammed: Doesn't Speak

• Clubhouse: Police Station

• Cooler: Prison or Jail

• Copper: Police

• Croak: To Murder Someone

• Cut Down: Murdered

• Daddy: A Young Girl's Lover

• Dame: Woman

• Dance: To be Hanged

• Dewdropper: A lazy person

• Dingus: Thing

• Dish: Pretty Lady

• Dive: A Cheap, Dirty Place

• Dogs: Feet

• Doll: A Pretty Lady

• Doll Dizzy: Crazy about women

• Drum: Speakeasy

• Dry Up: Get Lost

• Duck Soup: Easy, Piece of Cake, Something easy to do

• Egg: A person who lives the big life

• Fire Extinguisher: Chaperone

• Flat Tire: A Dull Person, A boring or disappointing date

• Flapper: A young, rebellious woman known for her bold fashion and attitudes

• Fry: To be Electrocuted

• Gams: Legs

• Gasper: Cigarette

• Gat: Gun

• Get Sore: Get Angry

• Getaway Sticks: Legs

• Giggle Water: Alcoholic beverage, Liquor

• Glad Rags: Fancy Clothing

• Gold Digger: A woman who pursues men for their money

• Grifter: Con Artist

• Gumshoe: Detective

• Hard Boiled: Tough, strong

• Harlem Sunset: Fatal Injury by Knife

• Hatchet Men: Assassins

• Have the Bees: To be Wealthy

• Heater: Gun

• Heebie-Jeebies: The jitters

• High-Hat: To Snub, be Snotty

• High Pillow: Boss

• Hinky: Suspicious

• Hoofer: Dancer

• Horsefeathers: Expletive

• Hoosegow: Jail

• Hotsy-Totsy: Perfect, the best, Pleasing

• Ice: Diamonds

• Iron One's Shoelaces: To excuse oneself for the restroom

• Jake: Okay, fine

• Jalopy: An old car

• Jazz: Music style, also used to describe something lively

• Joint: A place, could be an establishment of any sort, Place

• Juice Joint: Speakeasy

• Keen: Attractive or appealing

• Kiss: Punch

• Kisser: Mouth

• Knock Off: To Murder

• Lammed Off: Escaped

• Lead: Bullets

• Looker: Pretty Lady

• Made: Recognized

• Mark: Victim of a Swindle

• Moll: A Gangster's Girl, Girlfriend of a gangster

• Nerts: An exclamation of disdain or disbelief

• Newsie: News Reporter

• On the Lam: Fleeing from the police

• Oyster Fruit: Pearl Necklace

• Paw: Hand

• Peepers: Eyes

• Pinch: Arrest, Capture, To arrest

• Pushover: A person easily convinced or seduced, A Push Over

• Rags: Clothes

• Razz: Make Fun Of

• Real McCoy: The real thing, genuine

• Ritzy: Luxurious

• Sap: Dumb Person

• Scram: Leave quickly

• Scratch: Cash

• Sheba/Sheik: A woman with sex appeal/a man with sex appeal, A woman/man with sex appeal

• Skidoo: To leave quickly or be forced to move on

• Slug: Bullet

• Speakeasy: A hidden bar or nightclub where alcohol was sold illegally during Prohibition, An illicit liquor store or nightclub, Illegal bar that serves bootlegged liquor

• Spill: Talk, i.e., spill the beans

• Square: Honest

• Swell: Cool

• Swanky: Fashionable or luxurious

• Torpedo: Hired Gun

• Upchuck: To vomit

• Weak Sister: A Push Over

• You Slay Me: You're Hilarious

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