word for OK. $3,000 on the red. :: Are you nuts? A great little slang word for crazy. It’s too big a bet. There’s a house limit. This refers to the maximum amount that a casino is willing to accept as a bet (The casino is the house). Tough luck, kid. A common way of referring to something bad that has happened. Lucky for me it came up black. A fellow could get in big trouble here, losing a bet like that. If a color "comes up," it appears. A "fellow" is a slightly old-fashioned word for man or guy. They found Moletta, drunk in a dive in Joliet. A "dive" is a slangy word for a small and dirty bar or nightclub. He lost it to a couple of con artists on his way out of the spot. A "con artist" is a person who tries to steal money from others often by tricking them into making fake or fraudulent investments, or perhaps by cheating at various games of chance. I better get on the phone to New York to see what the big Mick wants to do about it. Note that "better" is the only word in English that functions both as a modal verb and an adverb ("The big Mick" is the way some of Lonnegan’s gangster’s refer to him). Hooker finds out who the $11,000 victim was, and soon both Luther and him face the serious dangers of Lonnegan’s gangsters. Ace/Deuce/Spades. Types of playing cards. An ace is the highest valued card, and a deuce is a card with two on it. A spade is one of the four card types, along with hearts, diamonds and clubs. One of our runners got hit for 11 grand. A way of saying that a money carrier was robbed of $11,000 dollars. What makes you think he just didn’t pocket it? If a person "pockets" some money, they keep it for themselves. We checked his story with a tipster. He was cleaned by two grifters. A "tipster" is a person who gives secret or hard to find information ("a tip"). If a person is "cleaned out" of some money, they are robbed of it. A "grifter" is a type of con artist or small-time thief. We’re running that down now. In this context, a slangy way of saying "were trying to find that out." Have some local people take care of them. Nothing fancy. Lonnegan’s way of saying "kill them, but make it simple." You follow? Lonnegan’s favorite way of asking "Do you understand?" If you ain’t shaper in them linens! Alma’s way of saying "You look great in those clothes" (If a person "looks sharp," they look good or even fashionable. Linens are clothes, or the cloth that clothes are made from). If I didn’t know you better, I’d swear you had some class. In this case, "to swear" is to know for sure, and "class" is elegance, style or grace. I got to get faster tying up that bundle. A "bundle" is a small group of things that are tied together in order to be able to be transported
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