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ukulele
47, "bring out his 'ukulele' [...] and spray a pattern" (Vumvum); "what's with all these wires comin out of this ukulele here?" 53;
Unamalgamated Ops
2, Unamalgamated Ops, detective agency in Milwaukee; An “op” in 1930s slang was an operative or, in this context, an investigator, so U-Ops would be a collective of private investigators, although being "unamalgamated," they might not be so together; "Nobody's ever been promoted at U-Ops, let alone hired in the first place," 34; "With the grand old days of union busing moved on west, now it's wandering spouses, beer-related intrigue...," 35; "We're kind of a transition zone between working for the owners and saddling up to go stead a payroll from them," 35;
14, Hicks' uncle; 26, Trapanese tells Hicks there's "Funny stuff goin on" with Lefty; 30, married to Peony, Hicks' maternal aunt; shares "a piece of melancholy history" with Boynt Crosstown, 34; Onk, 36; his history with the feds after the 1917 bomb at the station house, 68;
