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English translation: party of bully-boys (!)
| 14:15 Jan 3, 2002 |
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|  Selected response from: Mary Worby United Kingdom Local time: 22:07 | |||
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| 4 +1 | heavy squad |
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| 5 | hit squad |
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| 5 | storm troopers |
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| 4 | party of bully-boys (!) |
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| 4 | raiding squad |
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| 4 | Guys who act like a pack of Capone underlings |
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6 mins confidence: 
party of bully-boys (!) Explanation: Well, that's what the dictionary suggests, but that does sound a bit dated, so maybe: thugs mob gang Or turn it around to give you: Blokes who act like the thugs who hang around with a Triad boss. Guys who missed their vocation as a Triad thug. Something like that. More context would help ... HTH Mary |
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8 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1heavy squad Explanation: or heavies, Langenscheidt tells it like that Lanenscheidt |
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raiding squad Explanation: another possibility didi |
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1 hr confidence:
Guys who act like a pack of Capone underlings Explanation: Everybody remembers Al Capone, right? pr Scarface, Pretty Boy Floyd, or Alvin Karpis, or Dillinger? Oh well, I guess most of you didn't live in the 20s and 30s in Chicago. |
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2 hrs confidence:
hit squad Explanation: guys who perform "hits" ordered by the mob |
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storm troopers Explanation: ... as read in a US underground magazine |
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