Flog==sell, usually informally.

A tin-eared American businessman could easily slip into the anachronistic "honey", especially if in a flirtatious mode, but he'd be more likely to follow it with "I've got to go" or "Gotta split".

Growing up in New England, the Bronx accent was legendary, but I don't know how cosmopolitan an average English detective would be.

Rarger clearly stands for "lalgel", but I do not know what lalgel means! :D


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