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[US] C.J. Daly ‘Lurking Shadows’ Triple-X Mag. May 🌐 The Rat knew the Chink’s well. It was a high-class dope shop.
at dope shop (n.) under dope, n.1
[US] C.J. Daly ‘Lurking Shadows’ Triple-X Mag. May 🌐 The Rat was flopped with a bullet through the back of his head.
at flop, v.
[US] C.J. Daly ‘Lurking Shadows’ Triple-X Mag. May 🌐 Stick-up men, gunmen, dope peddlers, second-story workers— [etc.].
at second-storey man (n.) under second, adj.
[US] C.J. Daly ‘Lurking Shadows’ Triple-X Mag. May 🌐 ‘You and me are going to [...] take long trips about the whole world, and take them without leaving here.’ [...] There is a certain pleasure in bringing new victims under the curse of the drug [i.e. opium].
at trip, n.4
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