英语词汇cigarette punch的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cigarette punch
词源	cigarette punch. A powerful, bone-breaking uppercut to the jaw of someone who has relaxed and begun to open his mouth after being offered a cigarette. Invented by the Cockney career criminal Ronnie Kray (1934–95), who, along with his twin brother, Reggie (d. 2000), ran London’s underworld from about 1955 to 1970, heading a crime family called the Firm. The Firm is also a nickname for the American CIA, which is usually called the Company.
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