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I think there may be an ellipsis and a missing comma rendering the whole thing a funny vernacular:
"he'd get into trouble for some of these, long-come-shorts,"
that is, "he'd get into trouble some of these when long comes to short" or "one of these days".
Out of curiosity, do they give any examples of the "dangerous" sentences?
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