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Life in the Legion choose

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[US] F. Martyn Life in the Legion 45: Let it not be inferred [...] that I personally made my way in the Legion by means of ‘creeping,’ because that is very far from the truth.
at creep, v.
[US] F. Martyn Life in the Legion 61: [A]bout half-a-pint, of sweetened black coffee is brought to the legionary’s bedside before he gets up in the morning, and with this some men take bread saved from the previous day’s allowance; generally breaking it up and putting it into the coffee—making ‘slingers’ of it, as the British soldier used to call the operation .
at slingers, n.
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