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[US] J. Wilstach Under Cover Man 93: You look like a preliminary pork-and-beaner after a bad night.
at pork-and-beaner, n.
[US] J. Wilstach Under Cover Man 8: Tracin’ that chattergun might mean a couple of square shooters ridin’ the thunderbolt.
at chattergun (n.) under chatter, n.
[US] J. Wilstach Under Cover Man 34: Send out a drag for them before they start to work.
at drag, n.5
[US] J. Wilstach Under Cover Man 61: Aw, he looks like a gumshoe artist to me.
at gumshoe artist (n.) under gumshoe, n.
[US] J. Wilstach Under Cover Man 112: Every hook knew he had to trust some one.
at hook, n.1
[US] J. Wilstach Under Cover Man 114: You’ll have to make an example, quick, of any of these hot tomales.
at hot tamale, n.
[US] J. Wilstach Under Cover Man 92: ‘Me, I can’t locate,’ he complained, ‘so I’m goin’ to pay a finder.’.
at locate, v.
[US] J. Wilstach Under Cover Man 92: His two remaining henchmen, ‘Fry’ Patten and Pete Kely, muscle men, not thinkers.
at muscleman, n.
[US] J. Wilstach Under Cover Man 92: To meddle with a rodman’s skirt was bad business.
at rod man (n.) under rod, n.
[US] J. Wilstach Under Cover Man 92: ‘Who’s the spotter?’ growled Ed Wilson.
at spotter, n.1
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