"Frame-up" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... "It was a frame-up to capture public sympathy. There's been a report circulating 'round that Raymer and Griswold was goin' to put some o' the ringleaders in jail, if they had to make a case against 'em. Clancy had it figured out that the fire'd be charged up to ...
— The Price • Francis Lynde
... find him as stingy with hints as he is with everything else. He does know—something! I would not put him above arranging that frame-up that put me where I was found that ...
— When Egypt Went Broke • Holman Day
... Frank replied. "Jimmie and Teddy have disappeared, and this may be a frame-up, and so I wouldn't go off alone with her. And, look here," Frank went on, "do you believe Uncle Ike would have kicked, and screamed, and made a row generally, if only this old lady had approached ...
— The Boy Scout Camera Club - The Confession of a Photograph • G. Harvey Ralphson
... up no finer than one syllable. But I'll shorten up the dose sufficient for your understandin' to grasp. It's this way: D'you know what a frame-up is?" ...
— The Texan - A Story of the Cattle Country • James B. Hendryx
... "It's a frame-up," growled the spokesman. "Tom hasn't got smallpox any more than I have. You cooked it to keep us here." There was an angry second to ...
— The Iron Trail • Rex Beach
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