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On the Stroll choose

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[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 8: His stomach, which had kept him from signing up for another hitch at sea, was acting up all the time now.
at act up, v.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 267: His medium-length Afro that grew low on his brow and merged with a trim, pointed beard gave him a fierce look.
at afro, n.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 133: Save your body; stick to Swedish massages (by hand), or French (by mouth), and only go Spanish (between the breasts), Russian (between the thighs), American (a body roll), or Danish (inside) if it’s worth the money.
at American, n.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 151: If you lose your nerve and get ready to blow after your first little half-ass freak, then how’m I ever gonna trust you?
at half-assed, adj.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 112: Young pussy ought to draw the best; that was why he risked the dangers of baby-pro.
at baby pro (n.) under baby, adj.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 127: Between two and three the team had bagged three hundred plus from the paycheck-happy crowd emerging with stuffed pockets from the bank.
at bag, v.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 8: Bag ladies, panhandlers, freaks roamed the streets like they were home.
at bag lady, n.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 7: He had a pocketful of bills from last week’s three-card monte game: enough to catch a bitch if his luck held out.
at bitch, n.1
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 109: You could spend all your time on your main lady — making the necessary appearances on the stroll and in the bars.
at main bitch, n.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll.
at blue dangers (n.) under blue, adj.1
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll.
at blue dangers (n.) under blue, adj.1
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 56: He [...] instilled contempt for the small-time popcorns and respect for the real boss players.
at boss player (n.) under boss, adj.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 132: At twenty-eight she was the bottom lady of Sweet Rudy.
at bottom woman (n.) under bottom, n.3
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 20: Before you know what’s happenin they got you out on the bricks.
at on the bricks under bricks, n.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 42: I’d see to it you had your heart’s desire, long as I had the cake to buy it with.
at cake, n.2
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 7: He had a pocketful of bills from last week’s three-card monte game: enough to catch a bitch if his luck held out.
at catch, v.1
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 125: Down the street rolled the plain green Chevy Prince knew as the wheels of the pussy posse.
at Chevvy, n.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 43: Handing over her money was the way a ho chose a pimp.
at choose, v.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 55: He’d never heard of ‘choosing money,’ much less a thousand dollars of it. He didn’t even know that a ho chooses her man, not a man his ho.
at choosing money, n.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 229: As soon as he tried to pin her down to a time and place she came up square, first giggling, then pouting out her plump red lip.
at come up, v.1
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 146: Another one thinks, only reason you’re on the street is you love that dick, you’re some kinda come-freak.
at come-freak (n.) under come, n.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 35: She’d seen him [...] coming on to her French teacher, embarrassing her at school.
at come on, v.3
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 9: Better, then, to cop and blow — take what you could get and cut her loose.
at cop and blow (v.) under cop, v.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 7: It [i.e. a bus station] was the best place to cop a girl.
at cop, v.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 8: Instead of partying, he’d got his copping clothes cleaned and pressed.
at copping clothes (n.) under cop, v.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 296: The old hag was cracko, throwing handfuls of trash in the air.
at cracko, adj.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 8: Crackos pulled knives in the street, winos sprawled in the gutters and pissed on the pavement.
at cracko, n.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 226: I don’t have any place to stay and I wondered [...] if I could crash with you for a little while.
at crash (out), v.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 114: You could start doin a little creepin [...] Basically it’s very simple. After the john takes his pants off, you make sure they’re hangin over a chair right near the door. Then when you’re workin him over, another ho [...] will creep into the room, slip out the wallet, take out the cake, and put the empty wallet back. If you’re doin your job, trick’s too busy to notice a thing.
at creep, v.
[US] A.K. Shulman On the Stroll 109: Girls who lent him their homework to copy and let him crib off their tests.
at crib, v.2
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