Bill Denton's negative reply reminds me that he has an
excellent glossary
of hard-boiled slang at his website, some of which comes from
TMF. The p#s
of the sources are indicated in the definition. Perhaps of
use?
Bill Hagen
<billha@ionet.net>
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