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[US] J. Latimer Red Gardenias 136: The smooth-faced young man had his pistol out again. ‘I can fog him easy, Slats,’ he said.
at fog, v.1
[US] J. Latimer Red Gardenias 117: That monkey’s been trying to promote me for months.
at promote, v.
[US] J. Latimer Red Gardenias 21: ‘I saw you giving Peter March the glad-eye.’ She said, ‘You were rubbering at Carmel, too.’.
at rubberneck, v.
[US] J. Latimer Red Gardenias 108: ‘I’m high, wide and handsome,’ she said. ‘I’m tall.’ ‘Tall?’ ‘High. Tight. Crocked. Drunk. [...] Champagne always makes me tall.’.
at tall, adj.
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