t" is to release the results of a race several minutes after it is run, so people with that information can bet on those races. He runs the control office at Western Union. Race results from all over the country come in and go across his desk to the bookies. Western Union was the biggest telegraph company in the US. All he does is hold them up for a couple minutes so he can call us and get a bet down on the wire. "To hold up" a person is to delay or stall them. We clean up on a race that’s already been run. "To clean up on" a business deal is to make a lot of money on it. Besides, if your set-up is as good as you say it is, there’s plenty more to come. A "set-up" is a system or plan, in this case to bet on horse races where you already know the results. You’ve been waiting a long time for this. Don’t ruin it for yourself. "To ruin" something is to badly damage or destroy it. Twist, I told him the tale, but he didn’t go for it. A "tale" is a story or account, often that is untrue. "To go for" a story is to believe it (though again, it often is not true). We’ll never get a telegraph store set up by then. Any chance of talking him out of it. "To talk a person out of" something is to convince them not to do it. All right, we’ll have to play him on the fly. To do something "on the fly" is to do it spontaneously, or with little or no planning. You can’t play your friends like marks. "You can’t treat your friends like the people you’re trying to con." All we need is a couple of days and then we can get the son of a bitch and nail him. A "son of a bitch" is a mean or abusive person. "To nail" a person is to trap, destroy or kill them. I teach you stuff that maybe five guys in the whole world know. A widely used word for things. All I’m asking for is two days; I can stay clean that long. In this case, to "say clean" means to avoid getting in trouble. Christ, they’ll probably miss you and hit me. A common way of expressing anger or other emotion. Hooker falls for a waitress, Snyder faces the FBI, and Lonnegan prepares to bet it all. What will you have? :: Give me the Blue Plate special. A common way for restaurants to refer to the special meal of the day. I guess I should have had the meat loaf. A type of hamburger meat which is typical of old-fashioned American food. I’m filling in for a fellow worker for a couple days until I get a train out of here. "To fill in" for a worker is to do their job for them. I got a work order for a paint-job. Note the construction; A job that requires painting. You ought to lay off the skirts. You don’t find any of my boys messing around with that kind of trash. "To lay off" something is to stop doing it, and "skirts" is a ridiculous way of referring to women (A skirt is sh
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