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The Winter of Frankie Machine choose

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[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 122: Then there were the out-and-out wise guys, most East Coast higher-ups.
at out-and-out, adj.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 43: Zitello was wearing a wire, while Mouse Senior thought the sun shone out of his ass.
at think the sun shines out of someone’s ass under ass, n.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 49: ‘Then why were you busting chops?’ Frank asks. Because you’re a smarmy, wise-ass punk, Frank thinks.
at wise-ass, adj.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 131: Maybe that was all the man had ever wanted: an attaboy, a pat on the back.
at attaboy, n.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 94: When Jimmy the Kid finally leaves his uncle’s house, he is blown freaking away. Freaking away.
at blow (someone) away, v.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 107: I was the bagman. I brought cash to a cop. He was undercover.
at bagman, n.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 62: ‘I’ve got blue balls [...] They hurt.’ ‘When we’re engaged [...] I’ll jerk you off’.
at blue balls (n.) under balls, n.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 62: Momo was a big deal in San Diego, but everyone knew that San Diego was really run from L.A.
at big deal, n.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 15: He’s giving away a foot of height and a bill and a half in weight.
at bill, n.3
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 122: Frank figured that’s why he’d been bumped up to Town Cars — the bosses wanted a connected guy driving.
at bump, v.1
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 62: Which beat the hell out of busting his ass working on the tuna boats.
at bust someone’s ass (v.) under bust, v.1
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 133: Frank had got his button for that night [...] They had a cheesy‘ceremony’ in the back of a car.
at button, n.4
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 55: Whether he’s looking at the white light, or whatever, he’s already checked out of this motel.
at check out, v.1
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 63: What he really wanted to do was [...] try to lose his cherry, and surf.
at lose one’s cherry (v.) under cherry, n.1
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 49: ‘Then why were you busting chops?’ Frank asks. Because you’re a smarmy, wise-ass punk, Frank thinks.
at bust one’s chops (v.) under chops, n.1
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 78: I’m in the joint for three years, not earning. This guy has to let me eat, for Chrissakes.
at for Christ’s sake!, excl.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 36: John’s sucking at a ciggy and staring at the ground.
at ciggie, n.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 75: You liked it, you cunt [...] He made you come.
at come, v.1
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 69: You are not your own family dow here; you are just another L.A. crew.
at crew, n.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 63: You surfed with your buddies, you cruised the strip, you chased girls.
at cruise, v.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 73: Ice cubes [...] from the freezer, dipshit.
at dipshit, n.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 127: He was always griping about how he’d been screwed, how this guy or that guy had done him dirt in a deal.
at do dirt to someone (v.) under dirt, n.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 92: If i find out you did him [...] I’ll be back.
at do, v.1
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 41: He can smell the reefer, so now he knows he’s dealing with complete doofs.
at doof, n.1
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 51: I’m going to come along for the sit-down, you don’t mind.
at sit-down, n.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 78: I’m in the joint for three years, not earning. This guy has to let me eat, for Chrissakes.
at eat, v.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 118: We get ourselves some fag tracksuits, we run up behind him, and we pop him in the head.
at fag, adj.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 63: You ask what happened to the longshoremen [...] when they tried to get a decent wage and oragnize a union and they didn’t have the wise guys backing them up.
at wise guy, n.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 94: Why such a hard-on for Frankie Machine ? [...] Why did we even want him gone?
at hard-on, n.
[US] D. Winslow Winter of Frankie Machine (2007) 14: You want Bobby fucking Kennedy in the White House? Guy’s got a hard-on for us you could cut glass with.
at hard-on, n.
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