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[US] W. Mahoney ‘TheRuse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 He’s ducked into this joint, or I miss my guess.
at duck, v.1
[US] W. Mahoney ‘The Ruse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 A petty grifter with a burning ambition to become an underworld big shot.
at grifter, n.
[US] W. Mahoney ‘TheRuse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 Say, Mose, how about guzzling a cup of jamok?
at jamoke, n.1
[US] W. Mahoney ‘The Ruse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 Why the hell didn’t you nab the rat in Mondell’s joint? He’ll mope plenty fast now.
at mope, v.
[US] W. Mahoney ‘The Ruse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 Mink is hard people. He wouldn’t talk.
at people, n.
[US] W. Mahoney ‘The Ruse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 [...] he said, jerking a thumb toward the cottage, ‘Sammy Mondell’s scatter.’ [...] The abode of Sammy Mondell [...] was well known as a favorite hangout of dope peddlers.
at scatter, n.
[US] W. Mahoney ‘The Ruse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 Why not run them mugs in and put the screws to them?
at put the screw(s) on (v.) under screw, n.1
[US] W. Mahoney ‘The Ruse in Cocaine Alley’ in Und. Detective Mar. 🌐 They ain’t cookies — they are tough babies.
at tough baby (n.) under tough, adj.
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