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yarb commented on the word the crawling shakes
'"That night you drag out the lecture and lay it on thick. All the while you're talking he's thinking about sobering up and getting the crawling shakes. You give him time to think it over, while you're talking. Then throw in the chicken. He'll geek."'
- Nightmare Alley, William Lindsay Gresham
June 30, 2012