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 Justine

link 19.08.2011 17:45 
Subject: lay off gin
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lay off gin
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His parents were Catholics and at Eastertime his mother would lay off gin to take him and the rest of the kids to Baltimore to the High Mass in the Cathedral.
Заранее спасибо

 nephew

link 19.08.2011 17:54 
Завязывала (на время) бухать (джин)

 segu

link 19.08.2011 17:58 
или это может быть карточная игра
gin also gin rummy - a two-handed form of the card game rummy in which players are dealt ten cards each and attempt to produce a hand in which the point value of unmatched cards adds up to ten or less

 

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