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Originally Posted by Pulpmeister
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(And it's a very good dictionary, even gets "gunsel" right, which quite a few crime writers think is the same as gunman. In fact, that use is gradually overtaking the original, which was hobo slang derived from the Yiddish gantzel.)
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Gunsel! Oh, yes - I smile every time it's used in the Maltese Falcon (?? I think it was the black bird movie). There's so much to admire (or, at least, smirk at) in that movie.
I'm sure that irritates (or amuses) you as much as the use of the word "fulsome" does for me.