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Sailor Off the Bremen choose

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[US] I. Shaw ‘Borough of Cemeteries’ in Sailor Off The Bremen Stories 282: ‘Get into yer cab, Angelo. I’ll drive mine, we’ll have a chicken fight.’ [...] The two cars spurted at each other, head-on. As they hit, glass broke and a fender flew off and the cars skidded wildly.
at chicken fight (n.) under chicken, n.
[US] I. Shaw ‘Borough of Cemeteries’ in Sailor Off The Bremen Stories 282: Get into that goddamn wagon of yours.
at wagon, n.
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