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Catchword for “shoot the fair one”

Catchword: shoot the fair one

Filed Under: English, Slang

Part of Speech: v. phr.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: I always preferred to shoot the fair one “cause I knew I’d win, but I didn’t blame any kid that couldn’t fight and said “Fuck that, I’m just gonna shoot your ass,” ‘cause if I was a dude that couldn’t fight I probably would be like that too.

Article or Document Title:
“Re: what ever happened to gangs?” (URL)

Author:
“GoldenChild”

(This author is either a pseudonym or is not clearly named in the original source.)

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Usenet: rec.music.hip-hop

Date of Publication:
Dec. 28, 2000

This cite belongs to a full entry for shoot a fair one.

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