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The boy spoke two words, the first a short guttural verb, the second “you.” “People lose teeth talking like that.” Spade’s voice was still amiable though his face had become wooden. “If you want to hang around you’ll be polite.”
Tom Quinn
I bet the implied "fuck" really knocked their socks off back in the 30s.
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