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Sleep with the Fishes choose

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[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 147: How long would it be before they could fool around?
at fool around, v.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 147: That Bifulco was a sharp cookie, sticking him with that carp.
at smart cookie (n.) under cookie, n.1
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 93: Oh crap. Here he goes – here he goes.
at crap!, excl.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 74: That crum you just crushed – yeah, his name is Jimmy.
at crum, n.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 53: A notch up from beer slides at a frat wing-ding.
at wing-ding, n.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 125: She knew he did dirty with other legs.
at do the dirties (v.) under dirty, n.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 22: Don’t give us that doo-doo about ‘Trade Secrets’.
at do-do, n.1
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 52: Walleye will strike jigs, doodads that amount to a hook with an oblong of painted lead [etc.].
at doodad, n.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 53: A notch up from beer slides at a frat wing-ding.
at frat, n.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 19: A giant urn brewed coffee [...] making the hashery mighty humid.
at hash-house, n.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 150: Jumpin’ Jehovah’s Fat!
at jumping Jehoshaphat!, excl.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 27: The Reverend had jimmied the glove box.
at jimmy, v.1
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 125: She knew he did dirty with other legs.
at leg, n.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 23: The novelty pen had a pinup girl photo on the shaft [...] Folks at the counter craned necks to [...] glimpse the nudie pen.
at nudie, n.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 55: Weekenders felt they were on the home stretch and could put the pedal to the metal.
at put the pedal to the metal (v.) under pedal, n.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 37: These yokels were a pisser.
at pisser, n.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 138: The reward was actually a hundred thousand smackeroos [i.e. dollars].
at smackeroos, n.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 56: He removed his Smoky Bear hat.
at Smokey, n.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 74: Here you come with your truck and a snootful.
at snootful, n.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 147: That Bifulco was a sharp cookie, sticking him with that carp.
at stick someone with (v.) under stick, v.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 22: He [...] could land enough [fish] for three squares.
at three squares (n.) under three, adj.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 74: There you have it [...] A whatchamacallit, a testimonial.
at whatchamacallit, n.
[US] B. Wiprud Sleep with the Fishes 67: ‘You got another of them there wheezers, Louie?’ ‘Wheezer?’ ‘Yeah, a cigar?’.
at wheezer, n.
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