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Fireworks: The Lost Writings choose

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[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 84: Why, I’ve taken girls in here, really tough bimbos, and inside of three months . . .
at bimbo, n.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 94: He’d been conned [...] Duke had taken him, and blown him off.
at blow off, v.1
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 58: She was young, built like a brick henhouse in a windy country.
at built like a brick shithouse (adj.) under built, adj.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Flaw in the System’ in Fireworks (1988) 134: All our records were made in duplicate, the dupes going to the home-office store.
at dupe, n.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 78: He was [...] unable to to look at her for long without playing her for a chump. [Ibid.] 94: Mitch Allison, the hustler’s hustler [...] had been played for a chump!
at play for a chump (v.) under play for, v.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 66: Mitch Allison was as lowdown as they come, but his front was strictly high-class.
at front, n.1
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 90: Dammit, Doc Krug must’ve got to the babe after all!
at get to, v.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 70: ‘An awful old grouch [...] just as mean as he could be.’.
at grouch, n.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 89: Duke was up to here in the chips; he was so loaded that [etc.].
at up to here, phr.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 75: There wasn’t a thing that was hockable for more than a few bucks.
at hock, v.1
[US] J. Thompson ‘The World, Then the Fireworks’ in Fireworks (1988) 238: It was a Kansas City roll, big bills, a couple of fifties on the outside; the inside, little stuff, ones and fives and a few tens.
at Kansas City roll (n.) under Kansas, n.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 76: If you can bank me for two-grand max, I’ll guarantee —.
at max, adv.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Flaw in the System’ in Fireworks (1988) 134: N.G. from credit bureau. N.G. from two other accounts.
at n.g., phr.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 87: You haven’t raised any of the necessary elsewhere?
at necessary, n.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 58: But all he’s put Mitch next to was being broke.
at put next to (v.) under next (to), adj.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ Fireworks (1988) 74: The girl had that grand she’d nicked him for.
at nick, v.1
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Flaw in the System’ in Fireworks (1988) 134: I broke off, unable to tell him [...] that the deal was no soap.
at no soap, phr.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 87: You paid me off for that whiskey deal. We’re all square now.
at pay off, v.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 85: Fifteen hundred is a good price [...] I’m giving you twenty-five. You call that pouring a quick one?
at quick one, n.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 83: You plant a cop on me and then you’ve got the nerve to ask me what it’s all about!
at plant, v.1
[US] J. Thompson ‘Flaw in the System’ in Fireworks (1988) 135: The system rocked along, permitting no errors, working perfectly.
at rock along (v.) under rock, v.3
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ Fireworks (1988) 62: Doc Krug would probably give him a rooking, or try to [...] all he could do was hold the rooking down to a minimum.
at rook, v.1
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 73: And you ain’t in no big hurry? You don’t want to give me the rush act?
at rush act, the (n.) under rush, n.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 85: You just get through hitting me with one swiftie. Then [...] you bang me with another one.
at swiftie, n.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 97: With his connections he could tab anyone all over L.A.
at tab, v.1
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 101: ‘How do we tie into him?’ ‘We don’t. He’ll tie into us.’.
at tie into (v.) under tie, v.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 59: She was one of those tough babies. All the toughies had a soft streak.
at tough baby (n.) under tough, adj.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Flaw in the System’ in Fireworks (1988) 135: So maybe he’s a toughie [...] We’ve got collectors – boys that know how to make the tough ones soft.
at toughie, n.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Cellini Chalice’ in Fireworks (1988) 67: The sucker you’d trimmed was always the best sucker to trim again.
at trim, v.
[US] J. Thompson ‘The Flaw in the System’ in Fireworks (1988) 140: We were all wet [...] all I can say is we were asking for it.
at all wet (adj.) under wet, adj.1
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