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[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 19: That’s where you come in, Mike. You’re Nemo’s ace in the hole.
at ace in the hole (n.) under ace, n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 49: I’d figgered the guy was playing the angles.
at play the angles (v.) under angle, n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 88: Never mind your professional prestige [...] We’ve got our tails in a crack.
at get one’s ass in a crack under ass, n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 129: I don’t want anybody to know we’ve nailed this baby.
at baby, n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 56: It was a snub-nosed .38, a belly gun.
at belly gun (n.) under belly, n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 32: Mike often wondered how they had missed the big house.
at big house, n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 39: Big Stuff. The Master Mind.
at big stuff (n.) under big, adj.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 65: I won’t have any more of this sneaking through alleys [...] every time somebody in this outfit blows a cork.
at blow a cork (v.) under blow, v.2
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 18: Nemo was here by three with a couple of the boys.
at boys, the, n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 49: Keep your lip buttoned about this.
at button one’s lip, v.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 67: You think this guy’s going to cross us or not?
at cross, v.1
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 47: You were so busy figuring out the size of the knock-down.
at knock-down, n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 75: This is dynamite. This is what I’ve been waiting for.
at dynamite, adj.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 13: You’re made to order for him because you’re not after his job. You’re the fall guy.
at fall guy, n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 91: I can breathe at the university. There’s no [...] grafters, no crooks, no killers.
at grafter, n.1
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 75: He dished out the grease for the boss in thousand-dollar bills.
at grease, n.1
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 39: He [...] chatted with the boss’s visitors and took care of the smaller hand-outs.
at hand-out, n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 61: Mike would let him have it with his own gun right in the gut.
at let someone have it (v.) under have, v.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 139: The heat’s on, Red — but after to night all the heat’ll be over.
at heat’s on under heat, n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 114: What the hell, copper, you nuts or something?
at what the hell!, excl.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 38: ‘The hell it is,’ Harrigan said.
at hell, the, phr.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 63: You were on the hook to a couple of the bigger boys.
at on the hook(s) under hook, n.1
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 132: ‘What’s the angle with this Conroy?’ [...] ‘This guy’s a lily-white.’.
at lilywhite, n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 60: Cicero showed her a mug picture of Jimmy Kchop.
at mug shot, n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 87: Would Whitcomb be interested in a job that paid $20,000 a year for as many years as he kept his nose clean.
at keep one’s nose clean (v.) under nose, n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 77: For the pop-off of Lieutenant Conroy he summoned [...] Kenneth Gladiola, who was to get $5,000 for the job.
at pop-off, n.3
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 92: You got till tomorrow [...] to pull out.
at pull out, v.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 77: An anonymous rub-out would most certainly have violent repercussions.
at rub(-out), n.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 63: You were a cop and you sold out.
at sell out, v.
[US] H. McCoy Corruption City 39: This is the greatest outfit of its kind ever put together.
at outfit, n.1
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