GR translation: the usual loud-mouthed American ass-banditry

[Mike Weaver]

Hi Mike,

Ass bandit is mid 1900s US slang for a 'man who seduces young women'.

On 22/04/2022 06:21, Mike Jing wrote:
> V22.32-36, P23.12-16  The map does puzzle Tantivy. It cannot be put down to
> the usual loud-mouthed American ass-banditry, except as a fraternity-boy
> reflex in a vacuum, a reflex Slothrop can’t help, barking on into an empty
> lab, into a wormholing of echoing hallways, long after the need has
> vanished and the brothers gone to WW II and their chances for death.
>
> What does "ass-banditry" mean here?
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