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[US] T. Thursday ‘Case of the Honest Thieves’ in Famous Detective Story 🌐 Maybe she [...] even goes in for tossing the old crappers down the green cloth.
at crappers, n.
[US] T. Thursday ‘Case of the Honest Thieves’ in Famous Detective Story 🌐 Many a lucky gent [...] skips the one-way passage in the hot armchair when his lawyer claims that he went nuts.
at hot chair (n.) under hot, adj.
[US] T. Thursday ‘Case of the Honest Thieves’ in Famous Detective Story 🌐 I had to pluck ’em twice for assault and battery.
at pluck, v.
[US] T. Thursday ‘Case of the Honest Thieves’ in Famous Detective Story 🌐 ‘Who’s popping?’ asked Hank.
at what’s popping? under pop, v.1
[US] T. Thursday ‘Case of the Honest Thieves’ in Famous Detective Story 🌐 It looked like a jungle for winos and reefer-rats.
at reefer rat (n.) under reefer, n.1
[US] T. Thursday ‘Case of the Honest Thieves’ in Famous Detective Story 🌐 The phone zizzed. ‘Thanks, Joe,’ said Howard, and hung up.
at zizz, v.
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