loogan

‘You think he sent that loogan after you?’

‘What's a loogan?’

‘A guy with a gun.’

‘Excuse me,’ I said. ‘Marcelonas? Is that your name, Doyle Marcelonas?'

‘Marcelunis,’ he said.

‘That's a real Chicago name,’ I said. ‘Right?’

‘Marquette Park,’ he said.

‘A South Side boy,’ I said.

‘South Side loogan,’ he said. ‘Grew up in Marquette Park and I live in Beverly now.’

I thought I had him sidetracked. Loogan meant he was Lithuanian, and I wanted to take the conversation in that direction. Didn't get the chance.