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[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Half-Size Homicide’ in Speed Detective Nov. 🌐 I blatted into another right turn on Santa Monica Boulevard.
at blat, v.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Half-Size Homicide’ in Speed Detective Nov. 🌐 Now, wait [...] Derrick the double-talk.
at derrick, v.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Half-Size Homicide’ in Speed Detective Nov. 🌐 You can then re-issue all his old horse operas [...] The public will flock to see them out of pure sympathy, because they know he’ll never fork a cayuse again.
at fork, v.1
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Half-Size Homicide’ in Speed Detective Nov. 🌐 Why should I front for a killer?
at front for (v.) under front, v.2
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Half-Size Homicide’ in Speed Detective Nov. 🌐 I copped a hinge at him in my mirror.
at hinge, n.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Half-Size Homicide’ in Speed Detective Nov. 🌐 I spooned him a helping of knuckle tonic; dumped him floundering.
at knuckle tonic (n.) under knuckle, n.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Half-Size Homicide’ in Speed Detective Nov. 🌐 My best bet was to zipper my kisser until I had a chance to snoop around.
at zip one’s lip, v.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Half-Size Homicide’ in Speed Detective Nov. 🌐 Maybe I shouldn’t have lowered the boom on a bozo of Moon’s miniature dimensions.
at lower the boom (on) (v.) under lower, v.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Half-Size Homicide’ in Speed Detective Nov. 🌐 A detachment of morgue attendants had loaded him in a wicker meat basket.
at meat basket (n.) under meat, n.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Half-Size Homicide’ in Speed Detective Nov. 🌐 You lousy son, I was afraid you’d croaked!
at sonofabitch, n.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Half-Size Homicide’ in Speed Detective Nov. 🌐 [She] slapped me a stinger across the chops. The open-handed smack caught me unawares.
at stinger, n.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Half-Size Homicide’ in Speed Detective Nov. 🌐 I covered my astonishment by torching a gasper.
at torch, v.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Suicide Stunt’ Speed Detective Apr. 🌐 Being left-handed, Melton wouldn’t plug himself through the right temple. Get it? He didn’t Dutch himself!
at Dutch oneself (out) (v.) under Dutch, v.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Suicide Stunt’ Speed Detective Apr. 🌐 Let’s go to the commissary and put on the nose bag.
at put on the nosebag (v.) under nosebag, n.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Suicide Stunt’ Speed Detective Apr. 🌐 ‘We haven’t anything else we’d like to do, have we, Chuck?’ And I tipped my stunting chum the office.
at tip the office (v.) under office, n.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Suicide Stunt’ Speed Detective Apr. 🌐 Which [denial] was just so much sheep-dip, of course. [...] But I didn’t say so to Steve Duane.
at sheep dip (n.) under sheep, n.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Suicide Stunt’ Speed Detective Apr. 🌐 ‘It means he was squibbed off.’ ‘Squibbed off?’ ‘Murdered.’.
at squibbed off (adj.) under squib, v.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Homicide Surprise’ in Speed Detective Feb. 🌐 First you festoon me with bruises and then you put me behind the eight ball by slamming a cop senseless.
at behind the eight ball, phr.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Homicide Surprise’ in Speed Detective Feb. 🌐 [I] dished him the spanking of his life; whaled the everlasting bejunior out of him.
at bejazus, n.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Latin Blood’ in Speed Detective Aug. 🌐 The dame in question was slowly producing a small but deadly belly gun.
at belly gun (n.) under belly, n.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Latin Blood’ in Speed Detective Aug. 🌐 I realized Dave might put out a radio bleat for all cops to keep a glim peeled for his glommed jalopy.
at bleat, n.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Homicide Surprise’ in Speed Detective Feb. 🌐 I teed off on the big bohunk’s steeple; maced him to his knees.
at bohunk, n.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Latin Blood’ Speed Detective Aug. 🌐 Quit making passes at my chick.
at chick, n.1
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Latin Blood’ in Speed Detective Aug. 🌐 You could have cooled the guy because he was beating your time to this cookie.
at cookie, n.1
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Latin Blood’ in Speed Detective Aug. 🌐 At long last I spotted one [i.e. a taxi] deadheading with the flag down.
at deadhead, v.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Latin Blood’ in Speed Detective Aug. 🌐 What’s the idea of sending a pack of flatties to wrench me out of the feathers.
at feathers, n.2
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Homicide Surprise’ in Speed Detective Feb. 🌐 Flag your diapers over here to Nick McLennan’s nest with great rapidity.
at flag, v.1
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Latin Blood’ Speed Detective Aug. 🌐 So he proceeded to put a bullet in Barrio’s giblets, hoping I would take the rap.
at giblets, n.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Homicide Surprise’ in Speed Detective Feb. 🌐 He was a tall, skinny ginzo with freckles and a sour disposition.
at ginzo, n.
[US] R.L. Bellem ‘Latin Blood’ in Speed Detective Aug. 🌐 But golly help you if you’re needling me.
at golly, n.1
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