print email comment close Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang URL: http://www.miskatonic.org/slang.html Description: A glossary of slang terms taken from the hardboiled "private eye" detective fiction of Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, and others. Author: Denton, William Library of Congress Subject Headings: Detective and mystery stories English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries LII Database Information: Record 9585 created by Tom McGibney on 08/01/2001 Last modification on 06/25/2003 Published: 08/01/2001   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9585