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The Sign of the Fool choose

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[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 69: My supervisor [...] had an ace up his sleeve.
at ace up one’s sleeve (n.) under ace, n.
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 64: Frank was rapping shit [...] trying to convince everyone that the two ‘acid heads’ were a couple of lunatics.
at acid-head (n.) under acid, n.1
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 36: Anything even remotely connected with ‘Ma Bell’ was stamped ‘bell system’.
at Ma Bell, n.
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 181: Soul food: chitlins and grits, kidney stew, sow belly.
at sow-belly, n.
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 61: She settled out of court for big bucks.
at big bucks, n.
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 9: We didn’t meditate on the subject and cranked it on, taking the lights at ninety.
at crank, v.
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 136: The ‘John Doe’ warrant would be issued in my name.
at John Doe, n.
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 8: Hey wise guy, I said turn ’em on!
at wise guy, n.
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 9: Hanging a right, we took Pine Street.
at hang, v.7
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 53: After hot rodding it around the block.
at hot-rod, v.
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 98: He’d been busted on the outskirts of town [...] and given seven days in the ‘hotel’.
at hotel, n.
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 28: A triple strength cup of instant java.
at java, n.
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 28: Hey, you lunkhead, get your lazy ass up!
at lunkhead, n.
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 189: ‘Peace, man,’ I called after him. ‘Peace.’.
at peace, phr.
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 145: I’ll ball you ragged, any fuckin’ way you can dig it.
at ragged, adj.
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 64: Frank was rapping shit behind my back.
at rap, v.1
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 52: Ritchie came over on a three-wheeled Harley and told me it was a virtual steal. He’d bought it for seventy-five dollars.
at steal, n.
[US] J. Simon Sign of Fool 53: He told me it was ‘white lightnin’,’ which was Owsley’s finest acid. Pure LSD-25, cut with a little speed.
at white lightning (n.) under white, adj.
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