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letter 18 July in Weeks (ed.) Greater Love Hath No Man (1939) 1: Paris is dead now, and I prefer it so.at dead, adj.
letter 18 July in Weeks (ed.) Greater Love Hath No Man (1939) 1: Paris is dead now, and I prefer it so. letter 27 Sept. in Weeks (ed.) Greater Love Hath No Man (1939) 71: Last night we heard that 42,000 Bosches had been put hors de combat; that they were in full retreat and that our cavalry was right on their heels.at Boche, n.
letter 29 Dec. in Weeks (ed.) Greater Love Hath No Man (1939) 101: [I]t is no black and white they sell you round here, but ‘Kill me quick,’ and it is strong enough to start a motor car.at kill-me-quick (n.) under kill, v.
letter 27 Sept in Weeks (ed.) Greater Love Hath No Man (1939) 70: [to a woman] Yesterday we heard of the great news. I was at the Trench Phone Bureau when the report came in, and man! I almost yelled it out.at man, n.
letter 29 Dec. in Weeks (ed.) Greater Love Hath No Man (1939) 101: We are going to the front the 14th next month and I guess before long I will have my head in a sling and if they don’t kill me altogether, I will sure come up to give you some more lies again.at have one’s head in a sling (v.) under sling, n.2
letter 27 Sept. in Weeks (ed.) Greater Love Hath No Man (1939) 71: Last night we heard that 42,000 Bosches had been put hors de combat; that they were in full retreat and that our cavalry was right on their heels. Great, isn’t it? [...] The town was wild.at wild, adj.
letter 2 Nov. in Weeks (ed.) Greater Love Hath No Man (1939) 178: [A] man’s life is guided from the time he is born to his end, by some invisible hand. Whoever is behind that hand is not possible for any clearly to know, but that there is something is sure as death.at sure as death under sure as..., phr.
letter 4 Apr. in Weeks (ed.) Greater Love Hath No Man (1939) 123: I hit him fair on the nose and [...] I told him to come on the outside and I would finish the job, but it was nothing doing. I am glad though, that he didn’t, because he was a lot bigger than I, but I am like our dear Mr. Wilson, I am shucking the bluff and getting away with it.at shuck, v.
letter 1 Nov. in Weeks (ed.) Greater Love Hath No Man (1939) : I am very happy to know that our ever loving Bill is on his way to ‘God’s Country.at ever-loving, adj.
letter 28 Jan. in Weeks (ed.) Greater Love Hath No Man (1939) 195: I am getting on pretty fair and if I don’t get into another mess I might cheat the overcoat tailor yet.at overcoat, n.
letter 1 Nov. in Weeks (ed.) Greater Love Hath No Man (1939) 223: [of America] I am very happy to know that our ever loving Bill is on his way to ‘God’s Country,’ also of Scanlan’s return, both are worthy of the pleasure of returning to their dear ones on the other side.at side, n.
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