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wall
noun
▶ behind the wall
imprisoned US- — James Harris, A Convict’s Dictionary, 1989
▶ go over the wall
to escape from prison US, 1934- — Angela Devlin, Prison Patter, p. 122, 1996
▶ go to the wall
to lose money in stock investments US- — Kathleen Odean, High Steppers, Fallen Angels, and Lollipops, p. 94, 1988
▶ off the wall
in auction fraud, where non-existent bids are said to come from UK- It’s where an auctioneer accepts bids “off the chandelier” or “off the wall”, as auctioneers say–meaning phoney non-existent bids–then knocks an antique down to some joker[.] — Jonathan Gash, The Ten Word Game, p. 61, 2003
▶ the wall
a maximum security prison US- — Gary K. Farlow, Prison-ese, p. 73, 2002
▶ up the wall
crazy; crazed by circumstances; angry UK, 1951- Said he’d see us in Dool’s for brekkie, but he’ll be up the wall still, pound to a penny. — Kevin Sampson, Clubland, p. 46, 2002
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