attributed to Al Capone

(1899—1947)

U.S. gangster

I don't even know what street Canada is on.

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attributed to Al Capone

(1899-1947) You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone. www.sky-net-eye.com

street

[street] See: [BACK STREET], [CROSS STREET], [MAN IN THE STREET], [ON EASY STREET], [SIDE STREET], [STOP STREET], [THROUGH STREET]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

attributed to Robert Maynard Hutchins

(1899-1977 ) U.S. educator Whenever I feel the urge to exercise coming on, I lie down until it passes over. www.sky-net-eye.com

through street

[through street] {n.} 1. A street on which cars can move without stopping at intersections, but cars on streets crossing it have to stop at the intersection. * /You have […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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