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The White Moll choose

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[US] F. Packard White Moll xviii: We gave the Pug two hours of solitary confinement to think it over and come across.
at come across, v.
[US] F. Packard White Moll iv: Cut out de high-brow stuff, an’ come across wid wot brought youse here.
at come across, v.
[US] F. Packard White Moll 305: I had to do the rough act with that gent friend of yours to stop him from crawlin’ after you.
at do the — act (v.) under act, n.
[US] F. Packard White Moll 183: If the door’s locked, knock – an’ give ’em any old kind of a song an’ dance till you gets ’em off their guard.
at give someone a song and dance (v.) under song and dance, n.1
[US] F. Packard White Moll 67: Where’s the lamp? This cursed candle’s put enough to the bad already!
at to the bad under bad, n.
[US] F. Packard White Moll 181: De whole place ’d go up in fireworks right off de bat.
at right off the bat (adv.) under bat, n.2
[US] F. Packard White Moll 263: Pinkie Bonn woke me up. He was half batty with excitement.
at batty, adj.1
[US] F. Packard White Moll 178: You can beat any jury in New York to it that you were both at the same old place.
at beat, v.
[US] F. Packard White Moll 176: Wot’s bitin’ youse, Nan?
at what’s biting you? under bite, v.
[US] F. Packard White Moll 72: They ought to be able to crack that box without making any noise about it in an hour and a half at the outside.
at box, n.1
[US] F. Packard White Moll 213: ‘I’m getting sick of bubbles!’ she announced insolently. ‘What’s this one?’.
at bubble, n.1
[US] F. Packard White Moll 72: The old man isn’t long on social stunts [...] one of those must-have-nine-hours’-sleep bugs.
at bug, n.1
[US] F. Packard White Moll 67: ‘Where’s the lamp?’ ‘It’s over dere on de floor, bust to pieces,’ mumbled Rhoda Gray.
at bust, adj.
[US] F. Packard White Moll 21: I’d rather go out this way than in that horrible thing they call the ‘chair.’.
at chair, the, n.
[US] F. Packard White Moll 176: He chewed it over with his wife, an’ she was for it too.
at chew (it) over (v.) under chew, v.
[US] F. Packard White Moll 177: He gets the money in cash, twenty-five one-thousand-dollar bills, an’ the chicken feed for the expenses.
at chickenfeed, n.
[US] F. Packard White Moll 71: There’ll be something to-night that’ll make that bunch look like chicken-feed.
at chickenfeed, n.
[US] F. Packard White Moll 71: Once we’re sure there’s no back-fire anywhere, the Sparrow will chirp his last chirp.
at chirp, v.
[US] F. Packard White Moll 72: Once we’re sure there’s no back-fire anywhere, the Sparrow will chirp his last chirp.
at chirp, n.
[US] F. Packard White Moll 167: ‘Aw, open up!’ she snapped. ‘Wot’s de use bein’ a clam! [...] Where is he?’.
at clam, n.1
[US] F. Packard White Moll 175: ‘I got to have me bit of coke,’ Pinkie answered, with a shrug of his shoulders. ‘An’, anyway, I’m no pipe-hitter.’.
at coke, n.1
[US] F. Packard White Moll 265: You had him cold, or at least you thought you had, and so did he.
at have someone cold (v.) under cold, adv.
[US] F. Packard White Moll 234: Lemme take another crack at it, Pinkie.
at take a crack at (v.) under crack, n.1
[US] F. Packard White Moll 112: Our game has been crimped lately at every turn by that she-devil, the White Moll, and that dude pal of hers.
at crimp, v.1
[US] F. Packard White Moll 170: I’ve got to put a crimp in it, and you’ve got to help me.
at put a crimp in(to) (v.) under crimp, n.1
[US] F. Packard White Moll 159: ‘Youse had better cut loose, mother!’ he warned over his shoulder.
at cut loose, v.
[US] F. Packard White Moll 72: I’ve got to be on deck where they can slip me the ‘white ones’.
at on deck under deck, n.1
[US] F. Packard White Moll 145: This gun won’t make much noise, and it isn’t likely to arouse the inmates of this dive.
at dive, n.2
[US] F. Packard White Moll 18: I wonder if de dope dey hands out about youse is all on de level?
at dope, n.3
[US] F. Packard White Moll 68: Skeeny dropped to the fact that the police were wise about Skarbolov’s.
at drop to (v.) under drop, v.4
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