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diary 24 June in Soldier Letters (1919) 26: The wounded, waiting to be taken away, were in a horrible state of fright, and couldn’t use their beans at all.at use one’s bean (v.) under bean, n.1
diary 24 June in Soldier Letters (1919) 26: The wounded, waiting to be taken away, were in a horrible state of fright, and couldn’t use their beans at all. diary 2 Dec. in Soldier Letters (1919) 55: [W]e got to the foot of our first hill. Here we found a long line of heavily loaded camions waiting their turn for the Jeffery tractors to pull them up. Our little match boxes got up without any trouble at all.at matchbox, n.
diary 11 Dec. in Soldier Letters (1919) 58: Just got back from another long roll. It takes five hours to make the round trip.at roll, n.
diary 17 Mar. in Soldier Letters (1919) 75: I had a flat front tire, and [...] went out to fix it. No sooner had I gotten over to the car, than they started coming over. [...] I was pretty well shaken up, and was thankful when I had put the new shoe on.at shoe, n.
diary 8 Apr. in Soldier Letters (1919) 118: [B]elieve me, I put my lunch so fast after one mouthful I got of the gas, that I might have just as well not eaten.at put, v.2
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