1. A
handkerchief.
2. A light
sheet-metal door just inside the outer door of many
safes.
3. A
fugitive from justice; one who jumps bail,
parole, or
probation.
4. A
chicken thief.
5. An expert at getting rid of undesirable persons. "
This camp (flat) is loused up (full of undesirables); your the duster, Tom, give 'em kids the skids."
- american underworld dictionary - 1950