A glossary of Brick Slang

Some of the unfamiliar words used in Brick (Levy):

Blow ” to leave, depart; e.g., Did she blow last night
Bulls ” cops; e.g., What first, tip the bulls; also, as a verb, to turn over to the cops; e.g., I bulled the rat.
Burg (or Burgh) ” town, city; e.g., He knows every two-bit toker in the burg.
Copped ” stole; e.g., She copped the junk.
Dose ” to take drugs; e.g., He dosed off the bad junk and it laid him out.
Duck soup ” easy pickings.
Gat ” gun.
Gum ” to mess things up; e.g., Bulls would only gum it.
Heel ” to walk away from (, and show your heels to); e.g., Im not heeling you to hook you.
Hop; Jake; Junk ” drugs.
Pick ” a ride in a car (as in pick-up); e.g., Did she get a pick
Reef worm ” a stoner (abbrev. of reefer).
Scape ” a patsy to take the blame (abbrev. of scapegoat).
Scraped ” begged off of, cadged from; e.g., Ask any dope rat where their junk sprang and theyll say they scraped it off [name]
Shamus ” a private detective.
Shine ” to wield (as with a weapon); e.g., He shines a blade.
Sprang ” originated; e.g., His gat sprang from Tuggers gang.
Take a powder ” to slip away; e.g., Whyd you take a powder the other night
Yeg ” (generic for,) a guy; e.g., Theyd probably find some yeg to pin it on.