GR translation: stood on stepladders up against its loathsome grayish flank

[Mike Jing]

OK, I don't think I made myself clear. My question is: does it mean that
the stepladders are leaning against the flank of the Adenoid?

On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 6:29 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> No. It’s the other loathsome thing  in that phrase.
>
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 5:42 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> No.
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2022 at 5:36 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> > V16.22-25,P16.39-17.1   As the two of them snuffled back and forth,
>> > alienists in black seven-button suits, admirers of Dr. Freud the Adenoid
>> > clearly had no use for, stood on stepladders up against its loathsome
>> > grayish flank shoveling the new wonderdrug cocaine— . . .
>> >
>> > Here the phrase "up against its loathsome grayish flank" is used to
>> > describe "stepladders", is that correct?
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