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[US] Reader’s Digest Success with Words 85/2: Black English...gunpowder = ‘gin’.
at gunpowder, n.
[US] ‘Black English’ in Reader’s Digest Success with Words 86/1: hang = ‘job, gig’.
at hang, n.3
[US] ‘Black English’ in Reader’s Digest Success with Words 86/1: hard leg = (1) ‘a man’.
at hard leg, n.
[US] Reader’s Digest Success with Words 86: Black English...killout = ‘a fascinating person or an extremely exciting situation or thing’.
at killout, n.
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