Deadfall

[Ya Sam]

the term "deadfall" (which >you've
>found in Barbary Coast, but is too obscure to be found in any
>dictionary I've access to) ...

I've found it in my  Webster's Third New International. It's the 2nd meaning 
in the entry: 'a gambling den or saloon esp. when crooked'.

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