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The Case of the Crooked Candle choose

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[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 71: I know his type [...] Bullheaded, obstinate, cunning.
at bullheaded, adj.
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 16: Mason laughed. ‘Fat chance.’.
at fat chance, n.
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 46: Down to that chummy little restaurant on Ninth Street.
at chummy, adj.
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 169: You don’t need to be so darned uncomfortable.
at darned, adv.
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 50: But for the love of Mike, don’t call me after that unless it’s something damned important.
at for the love of Mike! (excl.) under love, n.
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 10: ‘No soap,’ Mason announced.
at no soap, phr.
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 23: You didn’t think you were really going to slip one over on me, did you, Mason?
at put one over (on) (v.) under one, n.1
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 60: Mason said ‘Phooey! The police will smoke all this out.’.
at phooey!, excl.
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 92: The officer’s hand grasped her arm [...] ‘This is a pinch.’.
at pinch, n.
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 60: Mason said ‘Phooey! The police will smoke all this out [...] They’ll ask her to account for all her motions on Friday afternoon.’.
at smoke out (v.) under smoke, v.1
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 85: If he starts acting up mean on you, someone ought to punch his snoozle.
at snozzle, n.
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 93: He wondered if that was the time the captain had been facing a grand jury investigation over the squawk the woman had made who ran that house.
at squawk, n.
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 56: Are you trying to tell me in a nice way that she’s a tramp?
at tramp, n.
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 190: She’d given him a tumble just as a casual flirtation.
at give someone a tumble (v.) under tumble, n.
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 71: I know his type [...] Bullheaded, obstinate, cunning, two-fisted.
at two-fisted (adj.) under two, adj.
[US] E.S. Gardner Case of the Crooked Candle (1958) 73: We have a good glass of vino, no?
at vino, n.
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