Gander.

A surreptitious look; a hurried glance. “Take a gander, Swat, ain’t that law (a policeman) piking us off (watching us)?”

—Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, Hyman E. Goldin, Editor in Chief, 1950.

Glim.

1. A light, especially a burglars’s shielded torch. “Nix on that glim; we ain’t got a license (police immunity) to clip (steal) around here.” 2. The lamp for keeping the opium pipe heated.

—Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, Hyman E. Goldin, Editor in Chief, 1950.

Glimmers.

The eyes; eyeglasses.

—Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, Hyman E. Goldin, Editor in Chief, 1950.

Gold badge man.

Any detective or police official who carries a yellow tin; a headquarters man.

—Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, Hyman E. Goldin, Editor in Chief, 1950.

Gravel-eye.

A glass eye.

—Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, Hyman E. Goldin, Editor in Chief, 1950.

Green goods.

Counterfeit money.

—Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, Hyman E. Goldin, Editor in Chief, 1950.

Green ice.

Emeralds. “There’s a swaggie (buyer of stolen goods) in Detroit that takes gullion (jewelry). Try him on that green ice.”

—Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, Hyman E. Goldin, Editor in Chief, 1950.

Greystone college.

A prison or penitentiary.

—Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, Hyman E. Goldin, Editor in Chief, 1950.

In the red.

(Carnival) Making money; abounding in gullible people who are easily swindled.

—Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, Hyman E. Goldin, Editor in Chief, 1950.

Man with the brass nuts, the.

(California and scattered prisons) The chief disciplinary officer of a prison; the principal keeper; the deputy warden; or the captain. “I’m hitting the porch (going to be tried for rule violation) today and the man with the brass nuts is gonna throw me in the hole (solitary confinement) sure pop (certainly).”

—Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo, Hyman E. Goldin, Editor in Chief, 1950.