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Stone Walls and Men choose

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[US] R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 46: When you sell a stock now, no sales-talk, no promotion, no big-dealing.
at big deal, v.
[US] R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 106: He served them well by becoming the ‘fall-guy’ for the ring.
at fall guy, n.
[US] R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 106: With all their left-handed kindnesses to him, however, he served them well by becoming the ‘fall guy’.
at left-handed, adj.
[US] R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 204: That day I played ‘hookey’.
at play hooky, v.
[US] R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 356: If you talked in your sleep it meant court and you were therefore charged with ‘running your mouth’ in the dormitory.
at run one’s mouth (off) (v.) under mouth, n.
[US] R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 271: ‘Snot-nose Louie.’ This is the name he was always known by [...] He always had a running nose.
at snot-nosed, adj.
[US] R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 356: If you talked in your sleep it meant court and you were therefore charged with ‘running your mouth’ in the dormitory.
at run one’s mouth (off) (v.) under run, v.
[US] R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 171: After finishing Soph. year went to R.
at soph, n.
[US] R.M. Lindner Stone Walls and Men 271: He was a dumbbell, a moron and wasn’t all there upstairs.
at upstairs, adv.
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