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Penal Battalion choose

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[UK] R. Baker Penal Battalion 80: ‘Why can’t we get free, and cut for it?’ asked one, with a hysterical break in his voice.
at cut for it (v.) under cut, v.2
[UK] R. Baker Penal Battalion 254: ‘I am to be shot [...] A Spanish priest will visit me the evening before I pass out’.
at pass out (v.) under pass, v.
[UK] R. Baker Penal Battalion 279: Gomar winked at me, indicated the café with a wave of his hand, and said: ‘Red Lamp, Bakker’.
at red lamp (n.) under red, adj.
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