Shostakovich's "Tahiti Trot" (pg. 295) -- Tea for two, eh? Interesting.
highbinders (pg. 241) -- Since they aren't professional Chinese killers, it must mean swindlers.
Hector explained that they could bike five or ten miles each day, sleep over at a relative's house, look around like tourists, and bike some more when their welcome wore out. In five or six days they would be in Santa Monica on a beach crashing with a roll of white-tipped waves. -- (pg. 5) And I thought I was slow! : )