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Phrase "a matter of time" | The use of 'crack open'
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More lines from Mickey Spillane #1 (permalink) Wed Apr 16, 2008 19:04 pm   More lines from Mickey Spillane		  
Hi

Please help me understand the following lines.
Quote:
I got word to Pete-the-Dog to meet me at Tony Bays's deli and he left his news stand long enough to fake picking up a sandwich.


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More lines from Mickey Spillane #2 (permalink) Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:09 am   More lines from Mickey Spillane		  
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I communicated a message to P-the-D. It asked him to meet me at TB's delicatessen. P-the-D left his newspaper kiosk briefly, using the excuse [to his boss?] of buying a sandwich.
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