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Flynn’s (Weekly) (Detective Fiction) choose

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[US] Flynn’s mag. 3 Jan. 665: Kite [...] to send a message.
at kite, v.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at anchor, v.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. of the Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at apron, n.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at can, n.1
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at cannon, v.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at clicker, n.3
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at dead lurk, n.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at dead house (n.) under dead, adj.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at decker, n.1
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at dig, v.1
[US] Flynn’s 24 Jan. 119/1: Fink, to squeal; to inform on.
at fink, v.
[US] Flynn’s 25 July n.p.: The flim is a hoary trick, but generally works.
at flim, n.2
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at garnish, v.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at ghost, n.
[US] Flynn’s 31 Jan. 306/2: Gimp, a lame leg [DU].
at gimp, n.2
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at glistener, n.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at glue, v.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at grease, v.2
[US] Flynn’s 7 Feb. 489/2: Hypo, to use a hypodermic syringe [DU].
at hypo, v.1
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at jigger, v.2
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag.
at joker, n.2
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at joker, n.2
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at joy boy (n.) under joy, n.
[US] Flynn’s 11 July n.p.: This a seven-plate jug [...] I’ll shoot her from the outside [DU].
at jug, n.1
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at jugger, n.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at klutz, n.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at main finger (n.) under main, adj.
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at mug, n.1
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949).
at peter, v.3
[US] H. Leverage ‘Dict. Und.’ in Flynn’s mag. cited in Partridge DU (1949) 572/1: Road work,...pocket picking, etc., done while traveling.
at road work (n.) under road, n.
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