Slim,whose real name is Bill Homans, has come a long way from his job as a heavy equipment operator for the U.S.Army during the Vietnam War.

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In this scene Big Slim Hazard is an American type, just as Mississippi Gene is himself.

这一幕中细杆哈查德是个典型的美国人，就和密西西比的吉恩他自己一样。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

His follow-up stint as a watermelon farmer in Oklahoma earned him the nickname Watermelon Slim, a name he also gives to his own special brand of music.

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