10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRIMINALESE»
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criminalese in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
criminalese and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Portrait of Jirjohn Cobb
And last but not least, folks, he received a special sign from Hart in criminalese
sign language that said: 'I'm cutting you in on this job—so keep mum—till! “But,
folks, that's something that Mr. 'Rat' Glover—of Tri-State Metropolis, and other ...
Harry Stephen Keeler, 2009
8, 1925; Criminalese, by James J.Finerty; Los Angeles, 1926; theArgot of the
Underworld, by DavidW. Maurer, American Speech, Dec., 1931; TheLanguage
ofthe Underworld, by Ernest Booth, American Mercury, May, 1928; Crook Argot, ...
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This Bank Robber's Life
Chapter Five Heading To Prison I became what's known in "criminalese" as a "
Fence." My job became the seller of stolen goods. I did apply for employment as
a salesman for an aluminum siding company, but it was only to get the kit, so I ...
1929, 15, based on James J. Finerty's Criminalese: a Dictionary of the Slang Talk
of the Criminal (Washington, DC: [selfpublished], 1926), itself not an entirely
original compilation. Peter Faiman's Crocodile Dundee (Hollywood: Paramount, ...
... time) the phrase J don 't know anything about it is employed almost exclusively
by those, paradoxically, who do know all about it; that this concatenation of words
is a code, a slang, a camouflaged way of saying: prove it. It is the criminalese.
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Forbidden Words: Taboo and the Censoring of Language
Not only medicalese and legalese, but also street jargon/slang, druggie jargon/
slang, 'criminalese', queer slang and the like, have many terms with synonyms in
other jargons/ slangs – i.e. there are cross-varietal synonyms. The slangs serve ...
Keith Allan, Kate Burridge, 2006
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A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries : Volume III: ...
For instance, he includes some rhyming slang, but does not appear to recognize
it as such: Flowery—A cell (English). Raspberry—Heart (English). Another
version of the Life in Sing Sing list appeared in James J. Finerty's Criminalese (
1926).
Security and Sophistication There are several rather obvious conclusions to be
drawn by the student when he ponders the genesis, growth, and development of
so full-blown a slang vehicle as "criminalese." The primary consideration is that ...
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The Chambers Dictionary
n criminalese criminals' slang. n crim inalist a person versed in criminul law. — n
criminality the condition of being a criminal; guiltiness. n criminaliza tion or -s-. —
. • crim inalize or -ise to declare someone or something criminal: to make illegal.
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Erle Stanley Gardner: The Case of the Real Perry Mason
He was "a fast hand with a dictionary of criminalese and had a vast knowledge of
editorial psychology." As a former Pinkerton man, his "criminalese" was taken as
gospel by editors. He introduced the word "shamus" into his stories, and it ...
Dorothy Belle Hughes, 1978
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRIMINALESE»
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All of this ratchet criminalese language. I can see Malcolm X and MLK looking at each other and saying “We died for this ish???” mmmdot. «Madame Noire, May 14»
