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☆ gangbusters [gaŋ′bus΄tərz ]pl.n.Slang police or officials engaged in combating criminal gangs: now chiefly in like gangbusters, very forcefully, energetically, or effectively
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gangbusters — adjective (or adverb) : doing very well : popular : hot in some parts of the country singles are still gangbusters but in this city they re dead Perry Ury if your company is public and is going gangbusters Esquire … Useful english dictionary
Gangbusters (role-playing game) — Infobox RPG title= Gangbusters caption= Gangbusters 3rd Edition cover designer= Mark Acres, Rick Krebs, Tom Moldvay publisher= TSR date= 1982 (1st edition) 1990 (3rd edition) genre= Historical system= custom footnotes= Gangbusters is a historical … Wikipedia
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