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A Master of Crime 95: Are the ‘blues’ on your track?at blue, n.1
A Master of Crime 95: Are the ‘blues’ on your track? A Master of Crime 46: An attractive-looking but draggle-skirted young woman entered the room, selling matches.at draggle-tailed, adj.
A Master of Crime 170: My idea is to ‘fix’ her during the journey. Alice can travel with the detective and with a little dose of chloroform can keep him quiet. [...] The chloroform drug can then be blown into the compartment and the rest will be easy.at fix, v.1
A Master of Crime 11: I rushed off to the ‘fence’ with one of the cups. [...] ‘You needn’t be afraid, my lad,’ he said cheerily. ‘I’m always willing to buy without blowing the gaff.’.at blow the gaff (v.) under gaff, n.1
Master of Crime 108: Within half-an-hour the old butler would be back with the dog, and probably queer my pitch for the night.at queer someone’s pitch (v.) under queer, v.
A Master of Crime 88: I thought that from what the girl told me that you were a ‘split’.at split, n.
A Master of Crime 51: He had just received a letter from a ‘tout’ [...] telling him of a likely place where gold could be secured. [...] If the proceeds are good, the ‘tout’ receives part of the swag for information given.at tout, n.1
A Master of Crime 20: Wet your whistle with this, and give us a song.at wet one’s whistle (v.) under wet, v.
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