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  • In a ginmill called the Lucky Seven, I overheard a hardworking janitor named Lenny Kelly, who went by the unfortunate nickname of Lenny the Loser—he was about as good at gambling as I was at writing a column back then—brag about his son, Billy, torching the home of a Vietnamese grocer on W.

    Sins of Two Fathers Denis Hamill 2003

  • In a ginmill called the Lucky Seven, I overheard a hardworking janitor named Lenny Kelly, who went by the unfortunate nickname of Lenny the Loser—he was about as good at gambling as I was at writing a column back then—brag about his son, Billy, torching the home of a Vietnamese grocer on W.

    Sins of Two Fathers Denis Hamill 2003

  • In a ginmill called the Lucky Seven, I overheard a hardworking janitor named Lenny Kelly, who went by the unfortunate nickname of Lenny the Loser—he was about as good at gambling as I was at writing a column back then—brag about his son, Billy, torching the home of a Vietnamese grocer on W.

    Sins of Two Fathers Denis Hamill 2003

  • In a ginmill called the Lucky Seven, I overheard a hardworking janitor named Lenny Kelly, who went by the unfortunate nickname of Lenny the Loser—he was about as good at gambling as I was at writing a column back then—brag about his son, Billy, torching the home of a Vietnamese grocer on W.

    Sins of Two Fathers Denis Hamill 2003

  • "I wish Monty Shirley would meet me once in a while in the back room of a ginmill, where I'd feel comfortable," muttered the unhappy visitor.

    The Voice on the Wire Eustace Hale Ball

  • Up at Fort Shurdan they had a ginmill where th 'warryors cud go an' besot thimsilves with bottled beer an 'dominoes.

    Mr. Dooley Says Finley Peter Dunne 1901

  • I run into him in a ginmill and because he’s in television we get on the subject of Arnie, who worked for one of the nets before I ever knew him.

    A Dance at the Slaughterhouse.html Block, Lawrence 1992

  • They say it’s a bad idea to hang out in ginmills when you’re trying to stay sober, but Armstrong’s felt more like a restaurant than a ginmill anyway, especially in its current incarnation with its exposed brick walls and potted ferns overhead.

    A Dance at the Slaughterhouse.html Block, Lawrence 1992

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