(thing) by pukesick Mon Mar 27 2000 at 11:45:26
1. A bank. "These cheap heist-men (holdup men) will throw (hold up) a store and get five clams (dollars) for their end. But they won't take a small jug that's a cold lay (easy thing). The big dough chills (scares) them." 2. A county jail. 3. A prison.

- american underworld dictionary - 1950
I like it!