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[US] Friends of France 158: When the uniform is gray, men say ‘Boche’ and [...] one sees the closely cropped bullet head of the German.
at bullet-head, n.
[US] Friends of France 209: My first question was: ‘Comment ça va avec le capitaine ce matin?’ All she could say was ‘Fini.’ He had passed out a short time before I got there.
at pass out (v.) under pass, v.
[US] Friends of France 54: At night there were always one or two interruptions, especially whenever an ambulance-driver was wanted. Those who were sent to call him always succeeded in waking the whole lot of sleepers before finding the man whose turn it was to ‘roll.".
at roll, v.
[US] Friends of France 60: Such is the general story of the activity and life of the Section’s last months in Alsace. Its details would include many stories of tight squeezes, of break-downs and troubles in hot places.
at squeeze, n.1
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