subs. (American).—1. An opium den; a gambling saloon; a low-class drinking house of any kind.
2. (thieves’).—See quot.
1885. Daily Telegraph, 18 Aug., p. 3, col. 2. This class of thieves, when they agree on a partnership or joint, as the slang phrase is, work one for the other as they best can.
TO WORK THE JOINT, verb. phr. (thieves’).—To swindle by means of a ‘faked’ lottery table.
