Straight from the Fridge, Dad
A Dictionary of Hipster Slang
A-1 The best, top of the heap
"That's my baby,' I said. 'We'll have our good times. Just you and me and thirty grand; maybe five or ten more if it's an A-1 job." From the novel Savage Night, Jim Thompson, 1953
A-Bomb juice Moonshine liquor
A-OK Fine, all in order, just right
A double this time, waiter.
Your singles keep leaking The correct way to order drinks From Ocean's Eleven, the novel of the film screenplay, George Clayton Johnson and Golden Russell, 1960
A Shape in a drape Someone who looks good in clothes, is sharply dressed
Abyssinia See you later (I'll be seein' ya.)
Ace 1. Something superlative, the top
2. One dollar
3. A marijuana cigarette
4. A policeman
"'Who's chasin' you, F ...
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