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The Web of the City choose

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[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 34: ‘Where’s the apple?’ Rusty asked, meaning Candle.
at apple, n.1
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 143: Black leather jackets, chino slacks, stomping boots [...] duck-fanny haircuts.
at duck’s arse, n.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 44: I don’t want ya runnin’ with that gang no more, Dolo! They’re bad medicine.
at bad medicine (n.) under bad, adj.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 27: I gotta stand with Candle. Gonna be rough bananas, though.
at rough bananas (n.) under banana, n.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 34: He beat for Tom-Tom’s.
at beat, v.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 25: Lemme alone, and I let your big deal Prez alone.
at big deal, adj.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 72: But tonight, they were doing it up sky-blue.
at sky-blue, adv.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 76: But it was too neat an evening for bombs so they all waved and gave him the eye.
at bomb, n.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 100: I ever see you in here again, I’m going to personally see that the book’s tossed at you.
at throw the book at (v.) under book, n.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 165: When you got the boot that stinkin’ Shaster kid put the screws to me.
at boot, the, n.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 63: What’s a’ matter? You got the botts or somethin’?
at bots, n.1
[US] in H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 7: Metal-toed barracks boots, reinforced motorcycle boots, sod brogans; they stomped him again and again.
at brogan, n.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 28: Preparing chow [...] for Pops, if he came home tonight. Which was pretty slim chancey.
at chancy, adj.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 24: Nobody checks out on the gang, y’unnerstand?
at check out, v.1
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 11: He couldn’t run without being chick-chick.
at chick-chick, adj.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 160: They had never been chickengut while he was top man.
at chicken-gutted (adj.) under chicken, n.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 21: I’m no more chickie than anybody else.
at chickie, adj.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 135: My sister’s downtown in the chill house [i.e. morgue].
at chill, n.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 47: It was the worst. It was a chop low like no other he’d ever heard.
at chop, n.1
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 67: Don’t you chop low on my friends.
at chop, v.2
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 44: Whaddaya coppin’ low at me for?
at cop low (v.) under cop, v.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 195: Stop the crappin’ around. Gimme the scoop, or I’ll put you down final.
at crap around (v.) under crap, v.2
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 52: His old man . . . That crumbum wouldn’t have to worry.
at crumbum, n.
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 91: The cop was going to call Pancoast. What a bitch of a deal.
at deal, n.1
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 27: You guys wanna do it, that’s your deal, but leave me alone.
at deal, n.1
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 72: But tonight, they were doing it up sky-blue.
at do it up (v.) under do it, v.1
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 79: ‘And if they do [appear],’ he patted his jacket pocket, ‘we [...] put ’em down for good.’.
at put down, v.1
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 35: You see my drag?
at drag, n.1
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 16: Out there on a slab because someone had danced with his steady girl at a club drag.
at drag, n.1
[US] H. Ellison Web of the City (1983) 181: He was junkie cold. He was dream-dust miserable.
at dream dust (n.) under dream, n.4
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