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The Lingo of No Man’s Land choose

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[US] L.N. Smith Lingo of No Man’s Lnd 18: BUG HOUSE Shell-shock hospital; also used to refer to a dug-out or to flea-pots.
at bughouse, n.
[US] L.N. Smith Lingo of No Man’s Lnd 20: CHATTING Name applied to the indiscriminate hunt for petit friends called ‘cooties,’ ‘trouser-rabbits,’ etc.
at chat, v.2
[US] L.N. Smith Lingo of No Man’s Lnd 21: CHAW or CHUCK Bread, as distinguished from ‘hard-tack’ or ship's biscuits.
at chow, n.1
[US] L.N. Smith Lingo of No Man’s Lnd 21: CLINK The old soldiers' term for Military Guard room.
at clink, n.1
[US] L.N. Smith Lingo of No Man’s Lnd 24: COOTE This is a species of lice with extraordinary biting ability.
at cootie, n.
[US] L.N. Smith Lingo of No Man’s Lnd 24: COOTE This is a species of lice with extraordinary biting ability [...] also called ‘seam squirrel,’ ‘trouser rabbit’ or ‘shiny lizard’.
at seam squirrel (n.) under seam, n.
[US] L.N. Smith Lingo of No Man’s Lnd 24: COOTE This is a species of lice with extraordinary biting ability [...] also called ‘seam squirrel,’ ‘trouser rabbit’ or ‘shiny lizard’.
at shiny lizard (n.) under shiny, adj.
[US] L.N. Smith Lingo of No Man’s Lnd 20: CHATTING Name applied to the indiscriminate hunt for petit friends called ‘cooties,’ ‘trouser-rabbits,’ etc.
at trouser rabbits (n.) under trouser, n.
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