New? Or should I have read HDAS more closely?

[Grant Barrett]

Good stuff, as Jon says. Can you give a couple of illustrative
sentences for "be on the give"?

Grant Barrett
gbarrett at worldnewyork.org

On Jul 12, 2005, at 02:41, Wilson Gray wrote:

> "Do a gummy" :  rub cocaine across the gums in order to get high or
> rub
> an unknown substance across the gums to see whether it's cocaine
>
> "Be on the give" :  willing to make a small emergency "loan" - two
> quarters to make a phone call or two dimes to make up the $.95 for bus
> fare, etc. - to a stranger, knowing that the money will never be
> repaid
>
> "Outfit (vb.) for a dirt nap" :  dress a corpse for burial
>
> -Wilson Gray
>
>