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mechanic
noun- in the underworld, a specialist for hire US, 1949
- “What I mean is I was doing him in a very different way than he said Shelley Orchid was asking about doing you.” “I understood you the first time. What’s this mechanic’s name?” — Robert Campbell, Boneyards, p. 249, 1992
- a hired killer US
- — James Harris, A Convict’s Dictionary, p. 38, 1989
- in gambling, a cheat who manipulates the cards or dice US, 1909
- No better card mechanic ever lived. — Mickey Spillane, Me, Hood!, p. 29, 1963
- I’m a first-class crap dealer, I’m a pretty good card mechanic, pretty good dice mechanic. — Bruce Jackson, Outside the Law, p. 91, 1972
- Folks said, “Precious, you still a star nine ball player and top craps mechanic?” — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Long White Con, p. 167, 1977
- He is a dice hustler, a mechanic. — Gerald Petievich, To Die in Beverly Hills, p. 113, 1983
- I mean, all of Nicky’s half-assed mechanics, they were all real signal happy. — Casino, 1995
- He’s ... not a dice mechanic, he’s a ... a physicist or some kinda physical engineer, an inventor. — Stephen Cannell, Big Con, p. 245, 1997
- any safety device worn by a circus performer US
- Most all performers, both aerial and ground, are trained by aid of mechanics. — Joe McKennon, Circus Lingo, p. 61, 1980
- an accomplished, skilled lover US
- “Mechanic”–a man who’s good with his bird [penis]; a ladies’ man. — Washington Post, p. B1, 17 January 1985
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