AtD - pages 178 and 187

Wed Mar 19 10:44:40 CDT 2014

Reds: Communists.
Wops: Italians (with a reputation at the time as anarchists, socialists,
Communists, whatever).
Box-blowers: train robbers (blowing open the safe with explosives as in so
many Westerns)

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Michel <mryc2903 at yahoo.fr> wrote:
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>> Section 2 in Chapter 15 ends with Tansy addressing Lew: "Mr. Basnight,
>> you card." (p. 178). Any idea what "you card" means?
>> Section 6 in Chapter 15 mentions "reds, wops and box-blowers"(p. 187),
>> and it is the box-blowers I don't understand.
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>> Ideas?
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>> Thanks!
>> Michel.
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