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[US] J.J. Flinn Hist. Chicago Police 392: He was detailed to break up the policy shops which had been running wide open for a number of years.
at wide open, adv.
[US] J.J. Flinn Hist. Chicago Police 392: He was detailed to break up the policy shops which had been running wide open for a number of years.
at policy, n.
[US] J.J. Flinn Hist. Chicago Police n.p.: Neither paper spared abusive language nor epithets of questionable decency, and [...] careful fathers and husbands hesitated before introducing the sheets into their families.
at sheet, n.
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