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The Two Faces of January choose

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[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 233: You’ll have me removed? I’ll have you in prison, you ass!
at ass, n.
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 226: He wasn’t going to be a pushover for Rydal Keener, that spineless vagabond, that half-assed soldier of fortune.
at half-assed, adj.
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 65: Was Rydal giving him a bum steer?
at bum steer (n.) under bum, adj.
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 54: Kee-rist! I hope that doesn’t keep on all night.
at Christ!, excl.
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 226: Chester gave himself credit for having guts.
at gut, n.
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 11: It was not a place for the well-heeled, not a place the average American would be drawn to.
at well-heeled, adj.1
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 121: He gave a laugh, a sad one. ‘Holy cow.’.
at holy cow! (excl.) under holy...!, excl.
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 104: I suppose this is the town hotspot.
at hot spot, n.
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 17: You couldn’t get rid of the hot stuff to him?
at hot stuff, n.2
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 95: Well, I guess it’s time we turned in.
at turn in, v.1
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 213: ‘He’s got a lot of mazuma, eh?’ Niko asked dreamily.
at mazuma, n.
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 95: Five thousand dollars. For three days. For risking a police rap himself for collusion.
at rap, n.1
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 117: A fortyish American I’ve encountered, who is a dead ringer for Papa at forty.
at ringer, n.
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 226: If it came to a showdown, he’d give Rydal Keener a run for his money.
at give someone a run for their money (v.) under run, n.
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 112: Agnes, he said, got married at seventeen. A shotgun wedding.
at shotgun wedding, n.
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 59: His coolness was almost like contempt, Chester felt. No skin off his nose what had happened, of course, no skin at all.
at no skin off one’s nose under skin, n.1
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 58: Rydal Keener had a cocky, top-dog manner.
at top dog (n.) under top, adj.
[US] P. Highsmith Two Faces of January (1988) 104: How exciting. Why don’t we give it a whirl tonight?
at give something a whirl (v.) under whirl, n.
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