pookah

Updated: May 9, 2025

"Don't be goin' yet, Dennie," he said. "I want ter talk this bizness over wid ye. Come intil the back room, Dennie." They adjourned into a little private room at the rear of the bar, and the Alderman drew from a closet a bottle of wine, a couple of glasses, and a box of cigars. "Dennie," he said nervously, "we must bate 'em. That Dootch pookah aint the fool he looks.

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