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[US] T. Thursday ‘Dead Men Don’t Move’ in Smashing Detective Stories Jan. 🌐 How come she knew her old man was banged out?
at bang out (v.) under bang, v.1
[US] T. Thursday ‘Dead Men Don’t Move’ in Smashing Detective Stories Jan. 🌐 You admit that Rumley was banged off, don’t you?
at bang off (v.) under bang, v.1
[US] T. Thursday ‘Dead Men Don’t Move’ in Smashing Detective Stories Jan. 🌐 Every time I go into a bookie joint I see him tossing the dice at the green table.
at bookie joint, n.
[US] T. Thursday ‘Dead Men Don’t Move’ in Smashing Detective Stories Jan. 🌐 A dead man was under a new Caddie coupe.
at Caddy, n.
[US] T. Thursday ‘Dead Men Don’t Move’ Smashing Detective Stories Jan. 🌐 Nina Shirley was a snappy looking chickadee.
at chickadee, n.
[US] T. Thursday ‘Dead Men Don’t Move’ in Smashing Detective Stories Jan. 🌐 If he was a flophouse wino, he would have his passing printed near the classified ad sections.
at flophouse, n.
[US] T. Thursday ‘Dead Men Don’t Move’ in Smashing Detective Stories Jan. 🌐 She appeared to be in her fading forties—though she must have been a pip up to, say, thirty-five.
at pip, n.2
[US] T. Thursday ‘Dead Men Don’t Move’ in Smashing Detective Stories Jan. 🌐 I heard they had some rough parties on the penthouse roof.
at rough, adj.
[US] T. Thursday ‘Dead Men Don’t Move’ in Smashing Detective Stories Jan. 🌐 Nina Shirley was a snappy looking chickadee.
at snappy, adj.
[US] T. Thursday ‘Dead Men Don’t Move’ in Smashing Detective Stories Jan. 🌐 I think both Mr. Rumley and Mr. Racine were too sporty for their own good.
at sporty, adj.
[US] T. Thursday ‘Dead Men Don’t Move’ in Smashing Detective Stories Jan. 🌐 Did he treat his employees square?
at square, adv.
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