Bunk on your ears: sleep on the floor without covering

Carry the Banner: walk the streets

Day olds: stale bakery goods

Fishing: stealing with a stick and hook

Frill: a girl

Front: respectable appearance

Glims: eyes; daylight

Glom: seize and eat

Just luck: successful stealing

Misery: coffee that has an unpleasant taste

Put on the low needle: talk softly

Skating on uppers: walking on shoes from which heels and soles are worn

Slave market: location of employment agencies, or the offices themselves

Stand: a place to stand and panhandle

Straight sob: a sad story