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- noun Plural form of
gunsel .
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Examples
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Packed with the patter of gunsels and molls in dimly lit, smoke-filled rooms, noir doesn't get much "noirer" than this.
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The difference between real gunsels and the wannabes is like the difference between real mechanics and the guys who just like loud noises.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pretend “Gun-Free” School Zones: A Deadly Legal Fiction 2009
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The difference between real gunsels and the wannabes is like the difference between real mechanics and the guys who just like loud noises.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pretend “Gun-Free” School Zones: A Deadly Legal Fiction 2009
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Kitty, whose life of privilege disappeared when her father killed himself after the 1929 stock market crash, brings a peculiarly ironic point of view, filtering the tough guys, broads, gats, and gunsels through a patrician context that makes all the hard-boiled posturing seem as silly as high-society tomfoolery.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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And by the way, gunsels aren't actually guys with guns...
Archive 2007-11-01 Ed Gorman 2007
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And by the way, gunsels aren't actually guys with guns...
The sins of private eye writers Ed Gorman 2007
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The cowboys, romans, and gunsels turn out to be robots, and the Legionnaires prevail through ingenuity and willpower, but Mayavale gets away, promising to return.
The Maundering Madness of Doctor Mayavale: Legion of Superheroes #268 Brian Hughes 2006
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It seems, though, that the "criminal community" has shown remarkable prescience: bracketing for a moment the dreadful series of recent handgun homicides in Toronto, of which the young gunsels themselves have been predominantly the victims, its members seem to have been taking an extended holiday.
Dawg's Blawg 2006
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It seems, though, that the "criminal community" has shown remarkable prescience: bracketing for a moment the dreadful series of recent handgun homicides in Toronto, of which the young gunsels themselves have been predominantly the victims, its members seem to have been taking an extended holiday.
Archive 2006-01-01 2006
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The cowboys, romans, and gunsels turn out to be robots, and the Legionnaires prevail through ingenuity and willpower, but Mayavale gets away, promising to return.
Archive 2006-08-01 Brian Hughes 2006
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