DIESEL UNIVERSE SLANG DICTIONARY
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Daisy: None too masculine
Dame: Woman
Dance: To be hanged
Dangle: Leave, get lost
Dapper : A flapper's father
Darb: An excellent person or thing (as in "the Darb" - a person with money who can be relied on to pay the check), Gink with a roll of coin
Darby: something good
Daylight, as in "fill him with daylight": Put a hole in, by shooting or stabbing
Dead hoofer: poor dancer
Deck, as in "deck of Luckies": Pack of cigarettes
Derrick: Shoplifter
Dewdropper : Young man who does not work, and sleeps all day
Dib: Share (of the proceeds)
Dick: Detective (usually qualified with "private" if not a policeman)
Dig: like
Dillinger: fantastic
Di Mi : Goodness
Dimbox : A taxicab
Dincher : A half-smoked cigarette
Dingle Dangler : One who insists on telephoning
Dingus: Thing
Dip: Pickpocket
Dip the bill: Have a drink
Dipe Ducat : A subway ticket
Dish: Pretty woman
Dive: A low-down, cheap sort of place
Dive-ducat : Subway ticket
Dog Kennels : Pair of shoes
Dizzy with a dame, To be: To be deeply in love with a woman
Do the dance: To be hanged
Dogs: Feet
Doll: girl
Doll dizzy: girl crazy
Dope fiend: Drug addict
Dope peddler: Drug dealer
Dough: Money
Drag a hoof: dancer
Drape: clothes, suit
Drift: Go, leave
Drill: Shoot
Drop a dime: Make a phone call, sometimes meaning to the police to inform on someone
Droppers: Hired killers
Dropping the Pilot : Getting a divorce
Drugstore Cowboy: a guy that hangs around on a street corner trying to pick up girls
Drum: Speakeasy
Dry-gulch: Knock out, hit on head after ambushing
Duchess: girl
Duck soup: Easy, a piece of cake
Duck's Quack : The best thing ever
Ducky : General term of approbation
Ducky shincracker: a good dancer
Dud : A wall flower
Dudding Up : Dressing
Dummerer: Someone who pretends to be deaf and/or dumb to appear a more deserving beggar
Dumbbell : Wall flower with little brains
DumbDora: a stupid female
Dumkuff : General term for being "nutty" or "batty"
Dump: Roadhouse, club; or, more generally, any place
Dust out: Leave, depart