about the numbers? Tipsters say it’s run out of a packing house on 14th by a guy named Combs. A "tipster" is a person who provides secret or hard to get information (Here, he’s saying there’s an illegal gambling operation on 14th). He stays away from the day to day stuff in case its raided. "The day to day stuff" of a business refers to the ordinary details of that organization’s daily operations. If a place is "raided," it is surprised and forcefully searched by police who are looking for illegal activity. These are two of Comb’s favorite torpedoes; Riley and Cole. A "torpedo" is a deadly missile, or here, two vicious criminals. They found him in a quarry with a knife in his eye. A place for obtaining building stone or other materials in the ground. Lonnegan has had seven or eight people rubbed on his way up. If a gangster "rubs out" an enemy, he kills them (Here, "on his way up" means on his way toward becoming the head of the crime family). His pattern has been to get close to a racket boss, learn the operation, and then move in on it. Here, a "pattern" is a consistent way of doing something. A "racket boss" is the head of a crime family, and to "move in on" another crime family is to work to defeat it or take it over. He’s vindictive as hell, Henry. If a person is "vindictive," they always want to get revenge against anybody who they think has hurt them. "As hell" is a filler expression that is used to intensify the adjective. He kills for pride. Doesn’t add up to let Hooker just get away from him. If something "doesn’t add up," it doesn’t make sense. If they put you on the spot, we got to fold the con. You got that? "To put a person on the spot" is to force them to answer very personal or embarrassing questions. "To fold" a plan is to close it. Gondorff is telling Hooker that if Lonnegan suspects a con, they have to stop it. That’s a Joliet badge, Snyder. It don’t cut much up here. A "badge" is a metal device that is worn to identify people such as police officers. If it doesn’t "cut much," it’s not considered very impressive (i.e....people in Chicago are not scared of the Joliet police). I’m looking for a guy on the lam for a counterfeiting rap. Thought he might have come up here. If a person is "on the lam," they are on the run and trying to escape from the police. A person who has a "counterfeiting rap" has been accused of making or spending fake money. I always bounce the lamsters. "To bounce" a person is slangy way of saying to kick them out of a club or party (A "lamster is a person on the lam, but this is never used). He’s an Irishman who doesn’t drink, doesn’t smoke and doesn’t chase dames. A "dame" is silly and dated word for an attractive women. Just him against the house. In a gambling context, "the
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