wooden kimono

Etymology
A variation of earlier criminal slang such as.

Noun

 * 1) * 1935, Capt. Billy's Whiz-Bang Winter Annual, back cover:
 * "And you're just about ready to give up the ghost and call for a wooden kimono."
 * 1) * 1976, Tom Waits, Small Change, Asylum Records, 1976, Track #10:
 * "The wooden kimono was all ready to drop in San Francisco Bay, but now he's mumbling something all about the one that got away."
 * 1) * 1976, Tom Waits, Small Change, Asylum Records, 1976, Track #10:
 * "The wooden kimono was all ready to drop in San Francisco Bay, but now he's mumbling something all about the one that got away."