Slang from the 1920S and the Mob
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Slang from the 1920s and the mob
Use several of the following and create a dialogue with a partner of a sample conversation between two people living in the 1920s
Bootleggers boozing booze “walked” pinboss “joint” kingpin “fixed” Scar face “working over” roper Billies racket Blackjacks dirty work Mob “hit” “The Family” “rough edges” The rap Tommy gun Six shooter “the heat” Snorky “white collar crime” Rubbed-out “Sample the wears”
Slang from the 1920s and the mob
Use several of the following and create a dialogue with a partner of a sample conversation between two people living in the 1920s
Bootleggers boozing booze “walked” pinboss “joint” kingpin “fixed” Scar face “working over” roper Billies racket Blackjacks dirty work Mob “hit” “The Family” “rough edges” The rap Tommy gun Six shooter “the heat” Snorky “white collar crime” Rubbed-out “Sample the wears”