Addle-cove

A foolish man. (see Cove, Addle-pate)

It's only an Addle-cove what don't vote Tammany.

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Ace of Spades

A widow. esp. an attractive young widow. Refers to the practice of ladies in mourning wearing black.

Common slang of the lower class New Yorkers in the 1860's.

Catch a gander at the Ace of spades across d' Cain and Abel, bucko.

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alamort

Confounded, struck dumb, unable to say or do anything

I was alamort when de booley dog pinched me.

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Bat

A prostitute who walks the streets only at night.

Be carefule of the bats on the Bowery.

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Barking Irons

Pistols (plural) gats

Bring yer barking irons. dere's going 't be a fight.

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Barrel fever

Delerium tremens or the D. T's

He got a bad case of Barrel Fever.

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Beans

Five dollar gold pieces. (Five dollar pieces were about the size of small butterbeans or Lima beans.)

'E's got a pocket full o' beans.

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