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[US] (con. 1962) E. Bunker Stark 13: Because of a stupid bust [...] he was in bed with the cops.
at in bed with (adj.) under bed, n.
[US] (con. 1962) in E. Bunker Stark 10: He’s trying to [...] beat the green room at Big Q.
at Big Q., n.
[US] (con. 1962) in E. Bunker Stark 10: The title character is a hophead and a grifter out to fill his pockets with gelt – and fill his arm with big ‘H’.
at big H, n.
[US] (con. 1962) E. Bunker Stark 14: He and Dummy had been in prison together. He for a bunko caper that went bad.
at bunco, adj.
[US] (con. 1962) E. Bunker Stark 14: Dummy, a mute who everyone had avoided in the joint.
at dummy, n.1
[US] (con. 1962) E. Bunker Stark 13: The next score [...] would put him on easy street.
at easy street, n.
[US] (con. 1962) E. Bunker Stark 20: He hadn’t known that the toilet had become a favorite shooting gallery.
at shooting gallery, n.
[US] (con. 1962) in E. Bunker Stark 10: The title character is a hophead and a grifter out to fill his pockets with gelt.
at gelt, n.
[US] (con. 1962) in E. Bunker Stark 10: The title character is a hophead and a grifter out to fill his pockets with gelt.
at grifter, n.
[US] (con. 1962) in E. Bunker Stark 10: He’s out to screw the squarejohn world.
at square-john, adj.
[US] (con. 1962) E. Bunker Stark 14: Stark guessed he was a runner. Maybe he could lead him to the Man.
at man, n.
[US] (con. 1962) E. Bunker Stark 14: How was he going to make his meet, with Dummy watching his every move?
at meet, n.
[US] (con. 1962) E. Bunker Stark 13: Being a rat, a stool pigeon for the cops, was not a role he enjoyed.
at rat, n.1
[US] (con. 1962) E. Bunker Stark 13: The next score [...] would put him on easy street.
at score, n.3
[US] (con. 1962) E. Bunker Stark 19: I could nail him with enough shit to put him away for twenty years.
at shit, n.
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