comer

Someone on the up and up, expected to succeed.

He was flying up through the ranks, a comer, making rapid progress in the crime hierarchy.

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DMZ

De-militarized zone. Area where no military activity should take place, thus also refers to peaceful urban areas away from drug-infested gang territories.

Oh, how I would like to live in a DMZ and not have bullets winging past my head all day and night!

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tally ho

Italian, from Italiano reduced to tali ho.

I'm going to nightschool to learn tally ho.

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lag

To decide by throwing a coin or other means who is going to start in a game

"Bigger turned on the light. They lagged for first shot. Bigger won"

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take five

Age old colloquial way of saying relax, take it easy. Five means five minutes presumably.

Too much pressure writing definitions, gotta take five!

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brannigan

Free for all brawl or quarrel. Also a drinking spree.

That guy's likely to start up a brannigan with the mouth on him.

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main line

Prison slang for the general not locked up population. Also line.

I've got three brothers in the can and three on the main line.

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