I'd like nothing better than to kill you, you rat, and have a good plea of self-defense!" Larry let his hands unclench and fall to his sides.

"You've got the drop on me, Barney--but you're a liar." "You bet I got the drop on you! And not only with my gun.

I've got it on you about being a stool.

Everybody knows you are a stool.

And what's more, they know you are a squealer!" "A squealer!" Larry stiffened again.
"A stool and a squealer!" Barney fairly hurled at Larry these two most despised epithets of his world.