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wire
noun- a telegraph message; a telegram UK, 1876
- Shot a wire on this to Baltimore. — Marvin Wald and Albert Maltz, The Naked City, 1947
- Then they told me they had got the wire that my woman was next. — John Allen, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, pp. 62–63, 1977
- a report; information UK, 1925
A vestigial term from the era of telegraphy. - I’ve heard that wire a thousand times. Remember who you’re talkin to, man. — Clarence Cooper Jr, The Scene, p. 14, 1960
- They had their wire on me from uptown, all right. — Malcolm X and Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, p. 105, 1964
- After I had put in six months on my bit, a young Negro con came in on transfer from the big joint and brought me a wire from “Party.” — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Pimp, p. 53, 1969
- Marie got the wire about my new girl before I had a chance to hip her. — A.S. Jackson, Gentleman Pimp, p. 81, 1973
- I got the wire about you ridin’ around with Ronald yesterday, man, so don’t play games with me. — Donald Goines, Daddy Cool, p. 57, 1974
- “If my connect gets the wire I gave his name to somebody,” he said, “splittin ain’t goin to help me none.” — Charles W. Moore, A Brick for Mister Jones, p. 34, 1975
- But I got a wire he got caught in a fire / And that his ashes were hot and fiery. — Dennis Wepman et al., The Life, p. 70, 1976
- Is he retiring like the wire says? — Robert Deane Pharr, Giveadamn Brown, p. 125, 1978
- news transmitted privately TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1938
- — Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- a bookmaking operation US
- They told me, yeah, there was a wire going, but it was strictly amateur. — James Ellroy, Brown’s Requiem, p. 110, 1981
- a small microphone and transmitting device worn on the person as part of law enforcement interception of oral communications US
- Phillips walked in, wearing wire, and said, “How’re you doing, Louis?” — Leonard Shecter and William Phillips, On the Pad, p. 223, 1973
- On occasion, Rossi or I would wear a “wire,” either a Nagra tape recorder or a T-4 transmitter. — Joseph Pistone, Donnie Brasco, p. 260, 1987
- NICHOLSON: This rabbit’ll do anything not to do time, including wearing a wire. — True Romance, 1993
- the penis IRELAND
- Wha’ abou’ me, Billy? said Nappies. -Didn’t I have a terrific game as well. -Yeah, said Kenny. -Pullin’ your wire. — Roddy Doyle, The Van, p. 24, 1991
- the buttocks TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 1968
- — Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago, 2003
- in a pickpocketing team, the thief who actually picks the victim’s pocket UK, 1851
- — The New American Mercury, p. 707, 1950
- The beholder would be the second member of the troupe, sometimes called the “wire,” the man who made the actual contact. — Dev Collans with Stewart Sterling, I was a House Detective, p. 48, 1954
- in horse racing, the finish line US
- — Les Conklin, Payday at the Races, p. 207, 1974
- amphetamines UK
- — Mike Haskins, Drugs, p. 280, 2003
- in pool, the score string US
- — Mike Shamos, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards, p. 264, 1993
▶ have your wires crossed; get your wires crossed
to be at cross purposes; to be affected by a mutual misunderstanding UK- In supposedly moving to redress the balance of the new world, George Bush, like George Canning with his wires crossed, inadvertently challenges the old world to rise again. — The Guardian, 19 June 2001
▶ on the wire
in pool, having scored or having been awarded a score as part of the handicapping of a game US- — Mike Shamos, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Billiards, p. 161, 1993
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