Vachss: pull commissary

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Marius Hancu - 21 Feb 2010 15:33 GMT

Hello:

"Pull commissary"
is perhaps "to get food from the prison store?"

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[This white prison inmate is threatened by a black inmates' gang]

"They told me to pull commissary the next day and turn it over. ... I
turn over my commissary -- I might as well turn over my body so they
could f**k me in the a.s."

Andrew Vachss, Strega, p. 147
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Thanks.
Marius Hancu

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Peter Duncanson (BrE) - 21 Feb 2010 16:02 GMT

>Hello:
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>Andrew Vachss, Strega, p. 147
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Based solely on that quotation I'd interpret "pull commissary" as "pull
commissary duty", that is, volunteer or by some means arrange to work in
the commissary.

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Peter Duncanson, UK
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tony cooper - 21 Feb 2010 16:32 GMT

>Hello:
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>turn over my commissary -- I might as well turn over my body so they
>could f**k me in the a.s."

They're telling him to use whatever is in his commissary account to
buy things and then give them those things.

Often, "pull" is used to mean "given a job" as in "pull latrine duty".
Not here, though, in my opinion. I think it's used to mean "pull out
what you have in". (Watch that smirk!)

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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

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Vachss: pull commissary