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Cabbages and Kings choose

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[US] ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages and Kings 105: We’ll export canned music to the latins.
at canned, adj.
[US] ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages and Kings 55: The Rambler — that’s her name — don’t take the dust of anything afloat.
at take the dust (v.) under dust, n.
[US] ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages and Kings 198: Yes, the man was a ringer for the pictures of the fat Weary Willie in the funny papers.
at funny pages, n.
[US] ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages and Kings 331: She was one of the genuine high-steppers.
at high-stepper, n.1
[US] ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages and Kings 106: The sea was remarking ‘Sh-sh-sh’ on the beach; and now and then a ripe coconut would drop kerblip in the sand.
at kerblip! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
[US] ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages and Kings 114: It’s one of my little chores as private secretary to smell out these revolutions and affix the kibosh before they break out.
at kibosh, n.
[US] ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages and Kings 15: The main guy and the dry goods are headed for the briny.
at main guy (n.) under main, adj.
[US] ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages and Kings 337: The chief had got together the same old crowd of moneybugs with pink faces and white vests to see us march in.
at money bug (n.) under money, n.
[US] ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages and Kings 198: Yes, the man was a ringer for the pictures of the fat Weary Willie in the funny papers.
at ringer, n.
[US] ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages and Kings 195: ‘Hold on, Sambo,’ says I, ‘savve English?’.
at sambo, n.1
[US] ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages and Kings 107: Henry skinned a twenty off his roll.
at skin, v.1
[US] ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages and Kings 58: Bottles of brandy [...] Scotch ‘smoke’ and inexpensive wines behind the little counter.
at smoke, n.
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