"Though thou should bray a fool with a pestle in a mortar like oatmeal, yet will not his foolishness go from him." --Proverbs xxvii. 22
by MTyeW23 June 11, 2018
Get the bray mug.A gilpin is a term for "sucker" or "chump" that dates from as early as the 1910s but rarely appears in the modern century. Consider this line from
1) James Cagney's taxi driver friend in THE ROARING TWENTIES (1939): "To Long Island it's fifteen dollars for the wise guys, 30 dollars for the gilpins."
2) Cagney, upon realizing he was naive, says, "I was a such a gilpin."
2) Cagney, upon realizing he was naive, says, "I was a such a gilpin."
by MTyeW23 February 09, 2017
Get the gilpin mug.A law-enforcement term for a hotel that hides its main purpose -- providing kinky rooms for brief trysts for, say, two cheaters or a john and his escort. Garage motels feign respectability by calling l themselves "hotels" -- yet they feature indoor garages and internal staircases to protect identities of visitors., making them more expensive than "regular" motels. Garage motels rent rooms which may include mirrors on ceilings and heart-shaped beds.
The FBI explained that the 2006 Brink's robbery in Miami became especially serious after one of the robbers was kidnapped and taken to a garage motel to be tortured in secret. Though the place called itself the Princess Hotel, they soon learned it was a garage motel that made a lot of money renting out discreet access to rooms for an hour at a time.
by MTyeW23 July 15, 2021
Get the garage motel mug.One of many verbs that is a handy euphemism for "to murder"-- used only by those used to ordering killings.
"Joey's been getting high, flashing money and mouthing off about the Brink's Job! Tell his brother to handle him, or someone will handle both of them."
by MTyeW23 July 15, 2021
Get the to handle mug.A term used in craps to describe a bettor who covers "part or all of the shooter's center bet". Such a bettor is a fader, (who, according to oddsmakers, enjoys a slight edge over the shooter. Therefore, craps hustlers pass when it is their turn with the dice).
I decided to fade the shooter five times for all five dimes, convinced he would crap out. Unfortunately, he threw two sevens and three elevens, costing me the entire five grand -- leaving exactly zero in Junior's college fund.
by MTyeW23 May 08, 2018
Get the fade mug.With the help of a venal doctor who exaggerated his injuries, Beatrice was able to do a convincing pratfall on small piece of ice in front of the local Walmart and mulct the corporation for 200 grand.
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