Five months and twenty nine days. This is the term in the workhouse that a
lush-worker recieves for "jostling". If a detective sees a
lush-worker approach or touch a
lush, he places a "jostling" charge.
Mike was
well known to the subway squad and so
spent at least half of his time on the Island(Rikers) doing the
five-twenty-nine for jostling.