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The Barracks Thief choose

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[US] (con. 1967) T. Wolff The Barracks Thief 93: [used in context of a milit. barracks] Everyone knew what a blanket party was. When you had a shirker or a guy who wouldn’t take showers you got together and threw a blanket over his head and beat the bejesus out of hm.
at blanket party (n.) under blanket, n.
[US] T. Wolff The Barracks Thief 91: If the clerk had busted him at poker, or if someone in his family was sick [etc].
at bust, v.1
[US] T. Wolff The Barracks Thief 61: [T]he gadget shops that sell German helmets and Vietcong flags [...] exotic condoms, fireworks and dirty books .
at dirty, adj.
[US] T. Wolff The Barracks Thief 37: He cocked his rifle. [...] The man froze. [...] ‘You heard me,’ Lewis said. ‘Let loose of that fence or you’re dog meat’.
at dog’s meat, n.
[US] T. Wolff The Barracks Thief 63: He watches the one in shorts, who is [...] doing the French inhale with her cigarette .
at French inhale (v.) under French, adj.
[US] T. Wolff The Barracks Thief 68: She holds the knife as a man would do [...] I don’t care what you do, she says. Just get .
at get!, excl.
[US] T. Wolff The Barracks Thief 74: She yanks his underpants to his knees and grabs him between her thumb and forefinger [...] Okay, softy, she says.
at softy, n.1
[US] T. Wolff The Barracks Thief 43: We were in a state. Every time we stopped laughing one of us would giggle and set it off again.
at state, n.1
[US] T. Wolff The Barracks Thief 42: We had stood our ground together. We knew what we were made of now, and the stuff was good.
at stuff, n.
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