Translation/Meaning of "be trying to find a suitable come-back to that wise-crack" — Japanese-English & English-Japanese Translation Dictionary

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be trying to find a suitable come-back to that wise-crack: へらず口にぴしっとお返しをしてやろうとするハメット著小鷹信光訳『赤い収穫』(Red Harvest ) p. 207