AtD - pages 178 and 187

[Michel]

Thanks Paul, Monte and the offlist guy
> 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 
> <mailto:mackin.paul at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     comedian
>     funny guy
>     joker
>
>     p
>
>
>     On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Michel <mryc2903 at yahoo.fr
>     <mailto:mryc2903 at yahoo.fr>> wrote:
>
>         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.
>
>         Ideas?
>
>         Thanks!
>         Michel.
>
>
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