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Deming Headlight choose

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[US] Deming (N.M.) Headlight 28 May 1/3: The language of criminals – the argot of Paris, the ‘patter’ of London has been carefully investigated by numerous writers.
at patter, n.
[US] Deming Headlight (N.M.) 28 May 1/3: In the last three years there have been three different terms for watch – ‘super,’ ‘thimble’ and ‘yellow and white.’.
at super, n.2
[US] Deming (N.M.) Headlight 28 May 1/3: In the last three years there have been three different terms for watch – ‘super,’ ‘thimble’ and ‘yellow and white.’.
at thimble, n.
[US] Deming (NM) Headlight 28 May 1/3: In the last three years there have been three different terms for watch – ‘super,’ ‘thimble’ and ‘yellow and white.’.
at yellow and white (n.) under yellow, adj.
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