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Me – Gangster choose

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[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 56: The district attorney had another ace up his sleeve.
at ace up one’s sleeve (n.) under ace, n.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 61: Don’t be scared of this case, Mary [...] I’ll beat it as sure as you’re a foot high.
at sure as you’re a foot high under sure as..., phr.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 196: The thing fired a .45 caliber automatic cartridge, and when I picked up a few of them they sure were brutal-looking babies.
at baby, n.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 189: I figgered you were on the bend.
at on the bend (adj.) under bend, n.1
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 25: I felt big after that store job [...] We got one hundred dollars each.
at big, adj.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 149: It made me boiling mad.
at boiling, adj.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 51: Right after me Danny breezed in.
at breeze, v.1
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 237: The shock of grabbing a few bricks.
at brick, n.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 225: Carrots had the big bag in one hand.
at carrots, n.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 101: ‘Oh, goin’ to show yellow, huh?’ he sneered. ‘You’re about the cheesiest combination I ever met up with.’.
at cheesy, adj.3
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 178: A guy that would try to cut in on them would be nutty as a soused chickadee!
at chickadee, n.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 237: I could see he was not afraid of Flop when it came right down to cold turkey.
at cold turkey, n.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 26: You can’t put the collar on me!
at put the collar on (v.) under collar, n.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 28: It ain’t a collar.
at collar, n.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 181: You’re the kid that’s been hangin’ aroun’ Rift’s place tryin’ to make a connection.
at connection, n.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 77: I’ll be double damned if I’ll have your bum pugs creepin’ around here.
at I’ll be damned! (excl.) under damn, v.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 92: I heard the neck of the bottle play a tattoo on the rim of his glass.
at devil’s tattoo (n.) under devil, n.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 211: I’m lookin’ ten grand in the eye fer my end, that right?
at end, n.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 77: I kept my mouth shut and took the fall for the whole gang, and now Slug was putting the rap on me with the old man!
at take the fall (v.) under fall, n.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 205: You talk like a sweaty fish!
at fish, n.1
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 191: As soon as I flashed Gip I recognized him from pictures I had seen in the papers.
at flash, v.3
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 137: He’s a gone coon, your old man.
at gone coon (n.) under gone, adj.1
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 129: ‘This,’ the big boss cracked when he saw me, ‘is your gorilla son, isn’t it?’.
at gorilla, adj.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 105: I guess, by gorry, you would!
at by gorry! (excl.) under gorry!, excl.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 197: He can handle the sawed-off when we make the grab.
at grab, n.1
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 220: Flop kept asking the mechanic: ‘You all set, now, Greasy?’.
at greasy, n.1
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 200: The get-away has gotta depend on our not gummin’ the works.
at gum (up) the works (v.) under gum, v.2
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 195: Gee! What a hell-rippin’ thing this would be.
at hell-raising (adj.) under hell, n.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 207: He’d raise blue hell, I’m tellin’ you!
at raise hell (v.) under hell, n.
[US] C. Coe Me – Gangster 267: I had kicked in with what the cops call corroboration.
at kick in, v.3
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