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work
verb- to cheat at gambling US
- One day he sat in with us and I caught him working and cut him loose. — Mickey Spillane, Me, Hood!, p. 30, 1963
- to have sex with someone US
- Finally he came out with it: he wanted me to work Marylou. I didn’t ask him why because I knew he wanted to see what Marylou was like with another man. — Jack Kerouac, On the Road, p. 131, 1957
- to sell drugs US
- That holdup occurred shortly after 9:10 p.m. on Passaic Street, when Miller allegedly approached an Aspen Place man and asked if he was “working,” the street slang for dealing drugs, police said. — Record (Bergen County, New Jersey), p. A4, 13 November 1993
- to dilute a powdered drug US
- Masterrape and me played with that package forever, we worked it to death [cut it as far as they could]. — Terry Williams, The Cocaine Kids, p. 37, 1989
▶ to get worked
to be knocked from your surfboard and pummelled by the ocean US- — Mitch McKissick, Surf Lingo, 1987
▶ work a ginger
(of a prostitute) to rob a client AUSTRALIA
From GINGER.- — Sidney J. Baker, Australia Speaks, 1953
▶ work for Standard Oil
to drive a truck that burns excessive amounts of fuel or oil US- — Montie Tak, Truck Talk, p. 190, 1971
▶ work like a charm
to achieve a purpose with absolute ease UK, 1882 From the idea of a magic charm influencing the action.- I started drinking vodka, trying to get up the nerve to go to Jamaica for a reggae festival. Worked like a charm, too, and worth a little headache the first day out and the first day back. — Pearl Cleage, What Looks Like Crazy On An Ordinary Day, p. 4, 1997
▶ work like a nigger
to work very hard US, 1836
Praise and contempt in equal parts.- “You’ve got to work like bleeding niggers.” “Thanks,” said one of the young blacks. “No disrespect,” said Arthur hastily. “That’s a figure of speech, innit.” — Anthony Masters, Minder, p. 34, 1984
▶ work the cuts
(used of a prostitute) to solicit customers on the streets US, 1987- — Maledicta, p. 150, Summer/Winter 1986–1987: “Sexual slang: prostitutes, pedophiles, flagellators, transvestites, and necrophiles”
▶ work the glory road
to affect religious conversion while in prison in the hope of receiving an early parole US- — John R. Armore and Joseph D. Wolfe, Dictionary of Desperation, p. 57, 1976
▶ work the hole
to rob drunks sleeping on underground platforms or in the carriages US- Now he peddled from time to time and “worked the hole” (rolling drunks on subways and in cars) when he couldn’t make connections to peddle. — William Burroughs, Junkie, p. 40, 1953
▶ work the kerb
(of a prostitute) to ply for trade from passing motorists UK- [W]hen Ah was workin’ the kerb for Francois[.] — Ben Elton, High Society, p. 168, 2002
▶ work the nuts
to operate a shell game in a circus midway or carnival US- — Joe McKennon, Circus Lingo, p. 65, 1980
▶ work the other side of the street
to be on opposing sides of a bipolar situation; to make a living as a criminal US- Well, I been workin’ the other side of the street for the law few years. — 48 Hours, 1982
▶ work your bollocks off
to work very hard UK- These guys [...] worked their bollocks off for me. — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, pp. 115–116, 2002
▶ work your ticket
to obtain a discharge from employment on the grounds of physical injury or ill health; originally military but in the prevailing compensation culture applied to any employment situation where benefits of discharge are considerable, and thus fraudulent endeavour is often implied UK, 1899- “This is it–my last day on the job!” Then he was gone. I stared at Jeff. “What’s he mean?” “He’s working his ticket, son. You’ll learn something today.” — Duncan MacLaughlin, The Filth, p. 62, 2002
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