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The Silence of the Lambs choose

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[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 36: You come talking that mushmouth, people say you eat up with the dumb-ass, girl.
at eat up with the dumb-ass (v.) under dumb-ass, n.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 113: The media was blitzing the story.
at blitz, v.2
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 19: Hardly the best brains on the campus. Organized and disorganized — a real bottom-feeder thought of that.
at bottom feeder (n.) under bottom, n.3
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 19: Ham radio enthusiasts and other personality-deficient buffs.
at buff, n.2
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 287: He would dawdle until Crawford was [...] pissed off and justified in chewing him out.
at chew out, v.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 341: The Superintendent told me Mapp’s set to cram you for your makeup exams on Monday.
at cram, v.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 28: You old creep. Creepo son of a bitch.
at creepo, n.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 310: Justice says it’s a tricky case to make if we don’t catch him dirty.
at dirty, adv.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 36: You come talking that mushmouth, people say you eat up with the dumb-ass, girl.
at eat up, adj.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 108: The other vehicle, an ‘eyeball van’ with one-way glass and surveillance equipment.
at eyeball, adj.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 309: He’s a fag-basher. Had a couple of scrapes in Harrisburg.
at fag-basher (n.) under fag, n.4
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 170: Jack Crawford and his fluff. They’ll get together openly after his wife dies.
at fluff, n.1
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 311: Senator Fuck-You Martin.
at fuck-you, adj.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 278: There would have been trouble even if she hadn’t found the fuck pictures.
at fuck, adj.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 322: Make sure and put one of your handsets in each van for the driver, so we don’t get fucked up talking to those DEA guys.
at fucked up, adj.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 183: Are you in the glue? Can Senator Martin do anything to you?
at in the glue under glue, n.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 63: You were a grunt in the lab — you can do that, right?
at grunt, n.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 311: The chief gunny, Brigham.
at gunny, n.1
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 6: He gutted Will with a linoleum knife.
at gut, v.2
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 26: Homey brown-checked curtains.
at homey, adj.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 20: They call him Buffalo Bill because he skins his humps.
at hump, n.1
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 130: Just a mo’, sweetheart.
at mo, n.1
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 36: You come talking that mushmouth, people say you eat up with the dumb-ass, girl.
at mushmouth (n.) under mush, n.1
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 21: Is it the West Virginia Starlings or the Okie Starlings, Officer?
at Okie, adj.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 341: Lecter’s gone platinum — he’s at the top of everybody’s Most Wanted list.
at go platinum (v.) under platinum, adj.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 63: He needs somebody to help him who can print a floater.
at print, v.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 244: Krendler told me to turn in my ID and the roscoe.
at roscoe, n.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 316: He was a big sissy.
at sissy, n.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 5: Didn’t a sleazo magazine offer him fifty thousand dollars for some recipes?
at sleazo (n.) under sleaze, n.
[US] T. Harris Silence of the Lambs (1991) 125: Snitching wouldn’t give him enough of a chance to show off.
at snitching, n.
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