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The Sword-Swallower choose

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[UK] D.P. Mannix Sword-Swallower 105: Steve doesn’t want to be just a carny act all his life.
at carney, adj.
[UK] D.P. Mannix Sword-Swallower 75: During the clem the townies had cut the cable running to the juice truck.
at clem, n.
[UK] D.P. Mannix Sword-Swallower 62: That gee’s a grind man who thinks he’s a talker.
at gee, n.2
[UK] D.P. Mannix Sword-Swallower 62: That gee’s a grindman who thinks he’s a talker. But being a good grind man isn’t as easy as it looks.
at grind, v.
[UK] D.P. Mannix Sword-Swallower 114: The corkscrew made my Adam’s apple leap around like a flea on a hot griddle.
at like a hen on a hot griddle under hot, adj.
[UK] D.P. Mannix Sword-Swallower 75: During the clem the townies had cut the cable running to the juice truck [...] The juice crew had worked all Monday to repair the damage. The juice man came round to say we had current.
at juice man (n.) under juice, n.1
[UK] D.P. Mannix Sword-Swallower 74: Knowing the hatred there is between the ‘lawmen’ and carny people.
at lawman (n.) under law, n.
[UK] D.P. Mannix Sword-Swallower 105: ‘People just don’t understand Steve in this org,’ Billie told me.
at org, n.
[UK] D.P. Mannix Sword-Swallower 65: Around cities there are usually some young sports who’ll give you the razz.
at give someone the razz (v.) under razz, n.
[UK] D.P. Mannix Sword-Swallower 166: If the locksmith’s ‘skellies’ don’t work he simply breaks the lock.
at skelly, n.2
[UK] D.P. Mannix Sword-Swallower 63: Slum means prizes—kewpie dolls, [...] plaster statues and stuff.
at slum, n.3
[UK] D.P. Mannix Sword-Swallower 62: That gee’s a grindman who thinks he’s a talker. But being a good grind man isn’t as easy as it looks.
at talker, n.
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