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[US] C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 Smoke Gattler felt the come-alongs clipped to his wrists.
at come-along, n.
[US] C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 It was no place for that young fellow and Dan was ready to give him a call-down if they should meet.
at calldown, n.
[US] A. Feldman ‘The Squeal Widow’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 We don’t lay down, Stanton, and we certainly don’t lay down on any cop-killer.
at lay down (on one’s/the job) (v.) under lay down, v.
[US] C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 On a ‘fixed’ race in New Orleans he had cleaned up better than $75,000.
at fixed, adj.1
[US] C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 ‘All set,’ he remarked. ‘Give Cora the high sign.’.
at high sign, n.
[US] C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 ‘Hot lips!’ Cora Corinta echoed the words with a cynical laugh. If the big sap only knew how cold her kiss was.
at hot-lips (n.) under hot, adj.
[US] C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 If you tell everything you know, you may get life instead of the hot-seat.
at hot seat, n.
[US] A. Feldman ‘The Squeal Widow’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 How about tearing off that Brooklyn job tonight.
at tear off, v.2
[US] C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 You be at Jackson’s drugstore at three tomorrow morning [...] Pack a rod.
at pack a rod (v.) under rod, n.
[US] C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 ‘The sap fell for your spiel, Skeeters.’ [...] ‘Like they always do.’.
at spiel, n.
[US] A. Feldman ‘The Squeal Widow’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 The lice! I hope they burn! I’m turnin’ squeal mama!
at squeal mama (n.) under squeal, n.1
[US] A. Feldman ‘The Squeal Widow’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 If we turn him up stiff we blow our hand.
at stiff, adj.
[US] C.L. Edholm ‘Gorilla Girl’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 Evidently your sweet man has not been spending much on you.
at sweetman, n.
[US] A. Feldman ‘The Squeal Widow’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 At the wheel of an automobile stolen within the hour for use in what he had been assured would be a fast trick [etc.].
at trick, n.2
[US] A. Feldman ‘The Squeal Widow’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 ‘Nothing to it,’ said Stilo on the fifth day. ‘It’s all washed up.’.
at washed up, adj.1
[US] A. Feldman ‘The Squeal Widow’ in Gun Molls Oct. 🌐 ‘Shut up, yellow,’ he growled, ‘and drive.’ [Ibid.] ‘Get in, yellow,’ came the harsh command.
at yellow, n.
[US] C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 ‘A snowbird did this job.’ [...] ‘If it’s a cokey, he was working for someone else.’.
at cokie, n.
[US] P. Paul ‘The Madame Plays the Gee-Gees’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 Fingers that could spot the best [...] cold-card artist [...] whatever he liked, and beat him at his own game.
at cold-deck artist (n.) under cold deck, n.
[US] C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 ‘It was that dish-water blonde!’ cried Carmen suddenly.
at dishwater blond(e) (n.) under dish, n.1
[US] C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 He [...] stuck his rod into the stomach of the skinny fellow. ‘Elevate Poppy, and don’t let out a squawk.’.
at elevate, v.2
[US] C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 ‘What’s the matter; ain’t you getting enough grease?’ ‘Grease is all right on a little thing like smuggling and robbery [...] But murder is something else again!’.
at grease, n.1
[US] C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 He smiled as he noticed the outlines of a rod through the fancy fabric. ‘Going to turn the heat on someone?’.
at turn on the heat (v.) under heat, n.
[US] C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 ‘You’re just jelly.’ ‘Yes, I’m jealous,’ she admitted. ‘I don’t like it when you have your arms around that snaky dame.’.
at jelly, adj.
[US] P. Paul ‘The Madame Plays the Gee-Gees’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 Enamored momentarily by the glamour of some peroxided Broadway night hawk.
at nighthawk, n.
[US] C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 I’ll take a little trip and get me a real sleigh ride.
at take/get a sleighride (v.) under sleighride, n.
[US] C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 I’ll kill you if you get snowed under before you do the job.
at snowed under (adj.) under snow, n.1
[US] C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 She [...] threw him a small folded paper. ‘Treat yourself to a snowstorm and see if you can stop that damn jerking!’ [...] he rubbed the fine white powder on the back of his left hand and sniffed eagerly.
at snowstorm, n.
[US] C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 ‘You won’t need them where you’re going!’ ‘You mean I’m on the spot!’.
at on the spot (adj.) under spot, n.3
[US] P. Paul ‘The Madame Plays the Gee-Gees’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 Fingers that could spot the best [...] cold-card artist [...] whatever he liked, and beat him at his own game.
at spot, v.3
[US] C. Martinez ‘Gats in the Hat’ in Gun Molls Sept. 🌐 What you doing then: Stooling for the Flatties?
at stool, v.
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