ipment. If something starts to "rattle," it begins to shake or vibrate noisily (Here, "Man-of-War" is one of the wooden horses on the children’s merry-go-round). Great little countess, that Billy. She runs a spiffy house up there, too. A "countess" is a European noble, or member of the ruling class during the middle ages. If a house is "spiffy," it is neat and clean. He croaked Luther; Anything else I got to know? "To croak" is a very slangy word meaning to die, though it is no longer used, as here, as a transitive verb meaning to kill. He owns a packing house, a few banks... and half the politicians in New York and Chicago. A "packing house" is a factory where meat is cut up and packaged for sale (Gondorff is telling Hooker how powerful Lonnegan is). Not a fix in the world is going to cool him out if he blows on you. In this case, a "fix" is a bribe or payoff. "To cool out" is to calm down, and here, "to blow on" a person is to order them killed. It’s not like playing winos in the street. A "wino" is a homeless person who drinks too much (wine or other liquor). Gondorff is saying it’s going to be very hard to con Lonnegan. You can’t outrun Lonnegan. "To outrun" a person is to run faster than them, often in the hopes of escaping them. You got to keep his con even after you take his money. He can’t know that you took him. This is Gondorff’s way of saying that even after they get Lonnegan’s money, Lonnegan must never know that he was in fact fooled. You’re talking about a guy who would kill a grifter over a chunk of money that wouldn’t support him two days. A "chunk" is a large quantity, or a thick piece or lump. I just don’t want a hot-head looking to get even, coming back saying "it ain’t enough," cause it’s all were going to get. A "hot-head" is a person with a violent temper. "To get even" with a person is to get revenge against them after they have done something bad to you. Can you get a mob together? A group of violent people (although "the mob" refers to the Mafia). Lonnegan gets most of his money...from the numbers, even though he’s putting more and more money into his savings and loan business. In the case, "the numbers" refers to illegal gambling activity. A "savings and loan" is a bank that loans money to home buyers. He came out of Five Points, but he’s been telling everybody that he was born in Forest Hills. "To come out of" a place is to be from that place (Five Points is a New York working class neighborhood while Forest Hills is very rich). He knows the market. I don’t think we can take him on a stocks deal. In this case, "the market" refers to the stock market, and "to take" a person is a con them out of their money. A "stocks deal" is a business agreement involving the sale of a company’s stock. What
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