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Escape from the Legion choose

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[UK] T. Harris Escape from the Legion 75: I won’t be the last one to kick them [i.e. ‘the Boches’] in the pants, and I know others, many of them, who feel the same .
at kick in the pants (v.) under kick, v.1
[UK] T. Harris Escape from the Legion 53: ‘Some nerve to put four of us in these cells!’ [...] ‘And where do you think the new chap is going to roost?’ .
at roost, v.
[UK] T. Harris Escape from the Legion 53: ‘Call the warder!’ ‘All right. Keep your shirt on. I’ll call your warder’ .
at keep one’s shirt on (v.) under shirt, n.
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