More lines from Mickey Spillane

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Please help me understand the following lines.

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Tom

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I communicated a message to P-the-D. It asked him to meet me at TB’s delicatessen. P-the-D left his newspaper kiosk briefly, using the excuse [to his boss?] of buying a sandwich.
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