US Slang Expressions

junediamanti june.diamanti at blueyonder.co.uk
Fri Nov 7 08:56:00 UTC 2003


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "ellejir" <eberte at v...> 
wrote:
> Here are few that I came up with!
> 
>> "take a five finger discount"  --  to steal something
> 
> Elle (getting back to work now...)

One I once read in Stephen King, "via armpit express" meaning the 
same.   In other words concealing the stolen goods under your arm.

Both nice images - not that I condone the act you understand - but I 
like graphic imagery.

June





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