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Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang choose

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[Can] W. Denton Twists, Slugs and Roscoes 🌐 Ameche – telephone.
at ameche, n.
[Can] W. Denton Twists, Slugs and Roscoes 🌐 Why get in a car when you can hop in a boiler? Why tell someone to shut up when you can tell them to close their head? Why threaten to discharge a firearm when you can say, ‘Dust, pal, or I pump lead!’.
at boiler, n.1
[Can] W. Denton Twists, Slugs and Roscoes 🌐 Why get in a car when you can hop in a boiler? Why tell someone to shut up when you can tell them to close their head? Why threaten to discharge a firearm when you can say, ‘Dust, pal, or I pump lead!’.
at close your head! (excl.) under close, v.
[Can] W. Denton Twists, Slugs and Roscoes 🌐 Why get in a car when you can hop in a boiler? Why tell someone to shut up when you can tell them to close their head? Why threaten to discharge a firearm when you can say, ‘Dust, pal, or I pump lead!’.
at dust, v.2
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