pick

joint

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CLIP JOINT,

PUT ONE'S NOSE OUT OF JOINT.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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clip joint

[clip joint] {n.}, {slang} A low-class night club or other business where people are cheated. * /The man got drunk and lost all his money in a clip joint./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[put one's nose out of joint] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To make you jealous; leave you out of favor. * /When Jane accepted Tom's invitation it put Jack's nose out […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

case the joint

[case the joint] {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To study the layout of a place one wishes to burglarize. * /The hooded criminals carefully cased the joint before robbing the neighborhood […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

nose

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