![]() dick/gumshoe/flatfoot - a detective (If you think about the character Dick Tracy, you may remember that he was a detective during the 1930s.Instead of a "cop" in the 1930s a police officer was called a copper.) ![]() copper - police officer (Look closely and you will notice that part of this word is still used to refer to a police officer.convincer/gat/heater/rod - slang for gun used interchangeably with gat, heater or rod.Chicago typewriter/Tommy gun - Thompson machine gun also known as the Tommy Gun.(There was a ton of gang violence in Chicago during the 1930s so it was not uncommon for the word "Chicago" to be used as a lead word for a slang term relative to violence.) buzzer - badge indicating someone is a law enforcement officer.bust out - to escape from jail or prison.big house - prison (First used in the 1930s, this slang term for prison is still used today.). ![]() A lot of slang terminology that is still used in law enforcement and to refer to criminal activities can be traced back to this era. Quite a bit of slang related to coppers and criminals originated during the 1930s.
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