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Brick Talk: "It's duck soup for you yegs" (A partial glossary of words and phrases used in Brick, and their definitions)
Blow- to leave, depart; e.g., "Did she blow last night?"
Bulls- cops; e.g., "What first, tip the bulls?"; also, as a verb, to turn over to the cops; e.g., "I bulled the rat."
Burg (or Burgh)- town, city; e.g., "He knows every two-bit toker in the burg."
Copped- stole; e.g., "She copped the junk."
Dose- to take drugs; e.g., "He dosed off the bad junk and it laid him out."
Duck soup- easy pickings.
Gat- gun.
Gum- to mess things up; e.g., "Bulls would only gum it."
Heel- to walk away from (, and show your heels to); e.g., "I'm not heeling you to hook you."
Hop; Jake; Junk- drugs.
Pick- a ride in a car (as in "pick-up"); e.g., "Did she get a pick?"
Reef worm- a stoner (abbrev. of "reefer").
Scape- a patsy to take the blame (abbrev. of "scapegoat").
Scraped- begged off of, cadged from; e.g., "Ask any dope rat where their junk sprang and they'll say they scraped it off [name]..."
Shamus- a private detective.
Shine- to wield (as with a weapon); e.g., "He shines a blade."
Sprang- originated; e.g., "His gat sprang from Tugger's gang."
Take a powder- to slip away; e.g., "Why'd you take a powder the other night?"
