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If someone “keeps shtum,” they’re keeping their mouth shut, often deliberately, to avoid trouble or revealing a secret. | If someone “keeps shtum,” they’re keeping their mouth shut, often deliberately, to avoid trouble or revealing a secret. | ||
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| + | '''chorine'''<br /> | ||
| + | A chorine was a chorus girl — that is, a female dancer or singer who performed as part of the chorus line in stage revues, musicals, or night-club floorshows. | ||
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| + | '''Club Palermo'''<br /> | ||
| + | As for a Prohibition/’30s Hamtramck nightspot, the one most often cited is the Venice Club on Joseph Campau Ave. It served as HQ for Chet “Chet” LaMare’s East Side Gang and was a notorious Hamtramck joint of the era. There's no record of a "Club Palermo"; "Hamtramck" joint just off the Joseph Campau midway of sin, 58; | ||
Revision as of 12:51, 6 October 2025
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keep shtum
If someone “keeps shtum,” they’re keeping their mouth shut, often deliberately, to avoid trouble or revealing a secret.
chorine
A chorine was a chorus girl — that is, a female dancer or singer who performed as part of the chorus line in stage revues, musicals, or night-club floorshows.
Club Palermo
As for a Prohibition/’30s Hamtramck nightspot, the one most often cited is the Venice Club on Joseph Campau Ave. It served as HQ for Chet “Chet” LaMare’s East Side Gang and was a notorious Hamtramck joint of the era. There's no record of a "Club Palermo"; "Hamtramck" joint just off the Joseph Campau midway of sin, 58;
