Oct 29, 2014 · Before 1810, when it first appeared in print, the word had acquired this slang meaning in England, though it was later forgotten and the word racket for a criminal activity wasn't used again there until it was reintroduced from America along with the American Prohibition invention from it, racketeer. The only other, improbable, explanation ...

Jun 14, 2014 · ADDED: It is possible that a third sense of racket contributed. Racket is found in some 18th-and 19th-century texts as a variant of ratchet, a toothed wheel or bar, or a tooth or click for stopping the action of such a wheel or bar, and the general notion of device might have fed into the meaning. This sense survives in modern rackets ...

It originated in the 17th century and is a lesser used meaning of the word that has evolved into a more contemporary meaning. —James Ratchets been around since the XVIII c. annoying people with their terrible racket, so less fortunate husbands soon started to …

The phrase take a powder meaning to "scram, vanish," is probably from the 20's; it was a common phrase as a doctor's instruction, so perhaps from the notion of taking a laxative medicine or a sleeping powder, with the result that one has to leave in a hurry (or, on another guess, from a magician's magical powder, which made things disappear).

Aug 6, 2024 · "The ponies" is slang for horse racing. Tenants can be someone who has to pay the criminals for being able to work in the area. This can be drug dealers or prostitutes who have to pay a cut of their earnings or it can be a protection racket of local businesses.

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The slang use of "stack" could be trying to equate 100 paper notes in a strap of cash. If that is the case a "Full Stack" equaling $1000 would be a strap of (100) $10 paper notes. "Half Stack" being (50) $10 paper notes equaling $500. So to live the slang...put (50) $10 bills in your pocket, head on out to the club, and say you have a "Half Stack."

May 6, 2020 · Words like racket and din could lead you to other synonyms. Lexico has. racket² 1 A loud unpleasant noise; a din. the kids were making a racket. Another suggestion is, from Lexico. hubbub 1 A chaotic din caused by a crowd of people. 1.1 busy, noisy situation. You could say. Our house is always a hubbub of activity.

Jul 26, 2015 · juice man (noun phrase, slang): a hoodlum who collects money owed to a racketeer 'a 'juice man' (loan collector) for syndicate hoodlum bosses (1950s+ underworld)' Source: Dictionary.com. juice collector (slang): one who collects the money (juice) owed to a bookmaker or a loan shark. Source: Wiki. Books containing references to the above terms:

Jul 29, 2023 · A further break-down of "spook" gives way to the meaning, "ghost, specter" or "an undercover agent: spy." But the Dutch word describing apparitions, which first came into use around the 19th century, took on a more sinister meaning around World War II, when white American soldiers started referring to their Black counterparts as "spooks."