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The Deadly Streets choose

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[US] H. Ellison ‘Johnny Slice’s Stoolie’ Deadly Streets (1983) 77: Cops give me a pain in the can.
at give someone a pain in the arse (v.) under pain in the arse, n.
[US] H. Ellison ‘I’ll Bet You a Death’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 41: That goony-bird Vode’s been in the way.
at goony-bird, n.
[US] H. Ellison ‘Johnny Slice’s Stoolie’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 85: Fish was right in front, running like a bitch.
at like a bitch (adv.) under bitch, n.1
[US] H. Ellison ‘Johnny Slice’s Stoolie’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 81: We hadn’t pulled anything [...] for fear the squeek would blow to the bulls.
at blow, v.1
[US] H. Ellison ‘Johnny Slice’s Stoolie’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 81: If it didn’t, they figured I was the boy.
at boy, the, n.2
[US] H. Ellison ‘Johnny Slice’s Stoolie’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 83: I was sore as hell come busting around at two in the morning.
at bust around (v.) under bust, v.1
[US] H. Ellison ‘Made in Heaven’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 183: Soon as Corks moved out or was canned, Torchy was in line for prez.
at can, v.
[US] H. Ellison ‘Made in Heaven’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 181: You still soft over that carrot-top?
at carrot-top (n.) under carrot, n.
[US] H. Ellison ‘I’ll Bet You a Death’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 35: Cherry had been making too many catting motions around Checker recently.
at cat, v.1
[US] H. Ellison ‘I’ll Bet You a Death’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 33: No dance, no chickie-run, like nothin’.
at chickie run (n.) under chickie, n.
[US] H. Ellison ‘Students of the Assassin’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 189: The pigeon was busy putting the light to Tony’s ciggy.
at ciggie, n.
[US] H. Ellison ‘I’ll Bet You a Death’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 43: [...] wishing he had a high-stick to put him on the cloud. A little pot and then I’d take on the whole damned force.
at on the cloud under cloud, n.
[US] H. Ellison ‘Students of the Assassin’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 199: I’m hot, now. I have to cool off where the cops can’t find me.
at cool off, v.2
[US] H. Ellison ‘I’ll Bet You a Death’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 39: You cool off a harness boy, you get Cherry.
at cool off, v.1
[US] H. Ellison ‘Made in Heaven’ Deadly Streets (1983) 180: One of those half crew-cut, half d.a. haircuts.
at D.A., n.
[US] H. Ellison ‘Johnny Slice’s Stoolie’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 86: Even in the dim without much of a moon, I could see the shine of blood.
at dim, n.
[US] H. Ellison ‘Johnny Slice’s Stoolie’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 82: Man, I was ready to take a dive. I knew what this was. Court.
at take a dive (v.) under dive, n.1
[US] H. Ellison ‘Made in Heaven’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 187: They’re gonn a be really looking for the characters did him out.
at do out, v.
[US] H. Ellison Deadly Streets 181: In the Poppers, when a drag ties up with a stud, she carves his initials in her [...] arm.
at drag, n.1
[US] H. Ellison ‘Made in Heaven’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 183: Now we had an apartment [...] and we could use it for drags.
at drag, n.1
[US] H. Ellison ‘Johnny Slice’s Stoolie’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 80: Fish was slower about ducking his [knife].
at duck, v.1
[US] H. Ellison ‘Made in Heaven’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 179: Maybe I’ll fall over to the club-room.
at fall in (v.) under fall, v.3
[US] H. Ellison ‘Johnny Slice’s Stoolie’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 82: Johnny gave two-fingers of hello to old man Gorman.
at give someone the finger (v.) under finger, n.
[US] H. Ellison ‘Made in Heaven’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 182: Rubbing his arm where I knew I’d caught him a good one.
at good one, n.
[US] H. Ellison ‘Made in Heaven’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 184: When that greaseball closes up, we knock him a good one.
at greaseball, n.
[US] H. Ellison ‘Johnny Slice’s Stoolie’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 80: Man, was he soft in the head! A real gumbrain.
at gumbrain (n.) under gum, v.2
[US] H. Ellison ‘Johnny Slice’s Stoolie’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 81: I was in the hole for gytching some of the H. [Ibid.] 82: Don’t know what the hell he ever did with all the hub-caps we used to gytch.
at gytch, v.
[US] H. Ellison ‘I’ll Bet You a Death’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 39: You cool off a harness boy, you get Cherry.
at harness bull (n.) under harness, n.
[US] H. Ellison ‘Johnny Slice’s Stoolie’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 78: I’ll cut you open from your crotch ta your lousy pudding head.
at pudding-head, n.
[US] H. Ellison ‘I’ll Bet You a Death’ in Deadly Streets (1983) 43: [...] wishing he had a high-stick to put him on the cloud. A little pot and then I’d take on the whole damned force.
at high-stick (n.) under high, n.
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