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[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang 🌐 June He needed no bodyguard in this apple knocker section, where people had cotton and dates and rice on the brain.
at apple-knocker, n.
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Since no junk runner had been working the beat, the narcotic snoopers would not be watching day and night.
at beat, n.1
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 If that hop-crazy spick ever makes another pass at you, burn him down.
at burn down (v.) under burn, v.
[US] E.H. Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 ‘Luck?’ ‘Uhuh. Number ten conked,’ Benny reported.
at conk, v.2
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Worley was worried. Rod and his flewzies.... [Ibid.] When that Slavonian flewzie got patched together, [etc.].
at floozy, n.
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Smoke Keenan, the ex-pug [...] kicked the gong himself, at times.
at kick the gong around (v.) under gong, n.2
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 If he was gunning us out, he’d not come down here, he’d send torpedoes.
at gun, v.2
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Suppose the narcotic squad did slug the pants off Keenan’s wounded gunners?
at gunner, n.6
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 If that hop-crazy spick ever makes another pass at you, burn him down.
at hop-crazy (adj.) under hop, n.3
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Smoke Keenan, hopped up and reckless, had staged the reprisal.
at hopped (up), adj.
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Nothing wrong, nicking Uncle Sam out of customs duties he had no right to, anyway.
at nick, v.1
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Not to make a horse’s neck of the God damn feds [...] if they’re screwballs enough to try to nip me.
at nip, v.1
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Suppose the narcotic squad did slug the pants off Keenan’s wounded gunners?
at lick the pants off (v.) under pants, n.
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Busting rackets is no harness bull’s job. A pavement pounder might as well learn that now.
at pavement pounder (n.) under pavement, n.
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang 🌐 June He was a Skid Row bum.
at skid row, n.
[US] E.H. Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ Double-Action Gang June 🌐 The junk runner snarled.
at runner, n.
[US] ad. in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Sissy Stuff? You Think Western Love Story Is Sissy Stuff? Don’t Be Silly.
at sissy, adj.
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 I guess those skirt chasing bastards will think twice.
at skirt-chaser (n.) under skirt, n.
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Packets of snow, and several tins of opium were half trampled in the grime.
at snow, n.1
[US] E. Hoffman Price ‘Revolt of the Damned’ in Double-Action Gang June 🌐 Any torpedo who had killed Rod Northup would sooner or later brag about it.
at torpedo, n.2
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