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sit-down
noun- a meeting or conversation over a meal or while sitting UK, 1861
- One only had to see the newspaper photograph of Mr. Shanker as he emerged from a “sit-down” with city officials to know that this “creditor” had been the victim of a very high-class mugging. — Mario Puzo, Inside Las Vegas, p. 46, 1977
- At first Strike had enjoyed these sit-downs, but lately this street-corner-prince business had become a little old. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 317, 1992
- in organised crime, a discussion of a dispute between members of the crime enterprise with a final and binding decision rendered by a leader or group of leaders US
- [W]hat are you going to say at the sitdown–that you killed his brother because he refused a drink? — Edwin Torres, Carlito’s Way, p. 82, 1975
- Spino, his representative, should at the moment be putting it all together for his dream, in a sit-down with the representatives of dissatisfied Mafiosi in families across country. — Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck), Death Wish, p. 267, 1977
- — H. Craig Collins, Street Gangs, p. 224, 1979
- I got to go into town for a sit-down. — Richard Condon, Prizzi’s Honor, p. 254, 1982
- Before you could touch a made guy, you had to have a good reason. There had to be a sit-down. — Goodfellas, 1990
- So they have the Zip call to suggest a sit-down, like there was a disagreement to discuss. — Elmore Leonard, Pronto, p. 345, 1993
- a base camp or town in the rear, away from combat US
Vietnam war use. - — Gregory Clark, Words of the Vietnam War, p. 470, 1990
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