Learning Boldens story and seeing it represented at Preservation Hall, served as the empowerment and license to redefine what was conventionally viewed as failed potential for my dad, to give him the dignity and recognition he deserved for being brave enough to freely chase his passions a success that goes beyond the traditional, conventional standards and markers of success
Crushed out: Escaped (from jail) Cut down: Killed D Daisy: None too masculine Dame: Woman Dance: To be hanged Dangle: Leave, get lost Daylight, as in "fill him with daylight": Put a hole in, by shooting or stabbing Deck, as in "deck of Luckies": Pack of cigarettes Derrick: Shoplifter Dib: Share (of the proceeds) Dick: Detective (usually qualified with "private" if not a policeman) Dingus: Thing Dip: Pickpocket Dip the bill: Have a drink Dish: Pretty woman Dive: A low-down, cheap sort of place Dizzy with a dame, To be: To be deeply in love with a woman Do the dance: To be hanged Dogs: Feet Dope fiend: Drug addict Dope peddler: Drug dealer Dough: Money Drift: Go, leave Drill: Shoot Drop a dime: Make a phone call, sometimes meaning to the police to inform on someone Droppers: Hired killers Drum: Speakeasy Dry: Place where alcohol is not served or person opposed to the legal sale of alcohol Dry-gulch: Knock out, hit on head after ambushing Duck soup: Easy, a piece of cake Dummerer: Someone who pretends to be deaf and/or dumb to appear a more deserving beggar Dump: Roadhouse, club
Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River NFPA (2011) Gasoline at home fact sheet
Caption: Typical start to the new Bears season
