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Runyon's stories also employ occasional rhyming slang, similar to the cockney variety but native to New York ( e. g.: " Miss Missouri Martin makes the following crack one night to her: ' Well, I do not see any Simple Simon on your lean and linger.

' This is Miss Missouri Martin's way of saying she sees no diamond on Miss Billy Perry ’ s finger.

" ( from " Romance in the Roaring Forties ")