is an artificial or fake building, much like what’s used in a movie studio. That will give you phones, cages, black boards and ticker gear. "Ticker gear" is the electronic tape that rotates around, giving information on such things as stock prices and horse races. If you want a counter and bar, that’s another grand. :: Pretty steep, Benny. A "counter" is a long and narrow piece of furniture where people eat at a restaurant. A "grand" is $1,000. If the price of X is "pretty steep," it’s considered pretty expensive (A steep angle points up high). Gondorff’s still a hot item; Where would I be if he gets hit? In this case, a "hot item" is a person who has a lot dangerous enemies, and if he is "hit," he is probably attacked or killed. How do you want to work this? Flat rate or percentage? Note that in a business deal, a person could choose to get paid a flat rate, which is an agreed upon figure such as $1,000, or a set percentage, such as 20% of the total profits, whatever they happens to be. He’s not as tough as he thinks. :: Neither are we. Here, "tough" is strong or dangerous (though it often means difficult). Goldie, you old son of a gun. An affectionate alternative to son of a bitch. You heard about Luther Coleman? Yeah, some of the boys were passing the hat for Alma and the kids. "To pass the hat" is to collect money for a good cause. I never seen the guys so worked up. If people are really "worked up" about something, they are extremely angry or upset about it. Gondorff is setting up a wire store. I’m going to need a 20 man boost, right away. A "boost" is an increase, in this case in the number of workers. Take your pick. A way of telling a person to choose the one that they want. He packed it in and enrolled in a detective school. "To pack it in" is to quit what you were doing. "To enroll" in a school is to officially register for it. A "detective" is a person who investigates crimes, and is often a member of the police or an FBI agent. That son of a bitch. A classic insult for mean or abusive people. We’re going to run the route tonight. In this case, "to run the route" means to practice the con game. If this thing blows up, I can’t do you no good downtown. "To blow up" means to explode, though here it means to fail because either the victim or the police find out about the con. If this thing blows up, the feds will be the least of our problems. The "feds" is a way of referring to the FBI or other law enforcement people that work for the federal government. Gondorff joins Lonnegan for poker on the train, and Hooker follows afterward with an irresistible proposal. I gave the him a c-note. :: Did you find out the deck? A "c-note" is a $100 bill. A "deck of cards" has 52 cards total. He li
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