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The Enchanters choose

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[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 10: They weren’t really righteous 211 guys. They tapped the till and swiped some beaver mags.
at 211, n.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 305: Fong was skunk-drunk.
at drunk as (a)..., adj.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 48: Phil rated them A-OK.
at A-OK, adj.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 29: Eddie [Fisher] made like the Big White Bwana.
at make like (a)..., v.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 142: [W]e’ve got nothing worth a shit.
at not worth a shit, phr.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 64: ‘Marilyn’s been acting up [...] sounding terrified’.
at act up, v.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 12: Plus belt saps, handcuffs and come-along restraints.
at come-along, n.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 149: Silver Lake. Due east of Hollywood Hills [...] Wags called it the ‘Swish Alps’.
at Swish Alps, n.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 34: Peep me, B and E me, wire me for sound.
at b and e, v.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 289: [B]oxes stuffed with French ticklers, dildos, and S and M shit.
at S and M, adj.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 9: Sheriff’s black-and-whites blew past us.
at black and white, n.1
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 95: ‘You come in on the up-and-up, and people still think you’re working for laughs’.
at on the up and up (adj.) under up-and-up, n.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 164: He’s got to be playing a money angle somwehere.
at angle, n.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 12: I was up-the-ass antsy.
at antsy, adj.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 152: ‘I heard she’s been around’.
at have been around, v.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 191: ‘[H]e’s a straight-arrow guy’.
at straight-arrow, adj.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 80: ‘The world crawling up your ass because your brother’s what he is’.
at arse crawl (v.) under arse, n.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 61: ‘I heard he gets more ass than a toilet seat’.
at more ass than a toilet seat under ass, n.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 327: ‘Would a large sum of money persuade you?’ [...] ‘No. [...] I’ve got a bug up my ass. I’m not for sale’.
at have a bug up one’s ass under ass, n.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 12: I was up-the-ass antsy.
at up the ass under ass, n.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 78: I kicked his ass outside Dale’s Secret Harbor.
at kick someone’s ass under ass, n.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 80: ‘I have more than a ‘half-assed’ urge to talk’.
at half-assed, adj.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 267: They wer half-assed good-looking [...] trim.
at half-assed, adv.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 76: ‘She runs badger games on small-time businessmen’.
at badger game (n.) under badger, n.1
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 86: ‘Why do you and Paul Mitchell badger out of the Nest?’.
at badger, v.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 84: ‘Look who’ll be left holding the bag, if and when I put the screws to Jack Kennedy’.
at hold the bag, v.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 77: Lila Leeds, the bait girl supreme.
at bait, n.1
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 238: ‘I’ve got your balls in my pocket’.
at put/have someone’s balls in one’s pocket (v.) under balls, n.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 32: I leaned close [...] I ticked points, wham-bam.
at wham bam!, excl.
[US] (con. 1962) J. Ellroy Enchanters 422: ‘You’re a whizbang detective, and Jimmy’s a numbnuts’.
at whiz bang, adj.
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