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The John Franklin Bardin Omnibus choose

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[US] J.F. Bardin Deadly Pecheron in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 49: The place was in apple-pie order and nothing seemed to be missing.
at apple-pie order, n.
[US] J.F. Bardin Deadly Percheron in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 79: The ‘artists’ came in later than the ‘drifters’.
at artist, n.
[US] J.F. Bardin Deadly Pecheron in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 79: Brassy blondes, flashily made-up red-heads, rarely a glossy headed brunette.
at brassy, adj.
[US] J.F. Bardin Deadly Pecheron in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 79: They earned their living by [...] selling hot-dogs and floss candy.
at hot dog, n.1
[US] J.F. Bardin Deadly Pecheron in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 160: We got his record – and he’s been up the river twice.
at up the river under river, n.
[US] J.F. Bardin Deadly Pecheron in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 79: Wives of entrepreneurs, lady shills – all of these were considered ‘artists’; as well as their counterparts [...] who operated the ‘sucker’ games.
at shill, n.2
[US] J.F. Bardin Deadly Pecheron in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 160: He knew it would go hard for him if we cracked down, so he sang.
at sing, v.
[US] J.F. Bardin Last of Philip Banter in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 313: Dorothy knew how cut up I had been over her decision to divorce me.
at cut up, adj.1
[US] J.F. Bardin Last of Philip Banter in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 253: I’d rather do without an extra finn at Christmas.
at fin, n.2
[US] J.F. Bardin Last of Philip Banter in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 266: There were scads of queer people milling around.
at scad, n.2
[US] J.F. Bardin Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 543: The big, dark-coloured man who slapped the bull-fiddle.
at bull fiddle (n.) under bull, adj.1
[US] J.F. Bardin Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 511: Purty soon she’ll be chipper as a tom-tit.
at chipper, adj.
[US] J.F. Bardin Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 488: Faugh! It’s positively insipid.
at faugh!, excl.
[US] J.F. Bardin Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 489: The great Diego has gone completely commercial – really, the whole hog!
at whole hog, n.
[US] J.F. Bardin Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly in Bardin Omnibus (1976) 563: He looked down at his hand [...] as it plucked a gold turnip from his pocket.
at turnip, n.
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