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The Howitzer: Yearbook of the United States Corps of Cadets choose

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[US] Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 1 138: Be-esse – To talk crudely [HDAS].
at b.s., v.
[US] ‘Terms Peculiar to West Point’ Howitzer 118: B.S. [...] volubility of discourse, or verbosity.
at b.s., n.
[US] ‘Terms Peculiar to West Point’ Howitzer 120: GROSS.–Awkward, clumsy, stupid.
at gross, adj.
[US] ‘Terms Peculiar to West Point’ Howitzer 118: CRAWLOID.–One who crawls a great deal.
at -oid, sfx
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Lights out – A warning cry, signifying the approach of some high muck-a-muck.
at high muck-a-muck, n.
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: B-acher – One who b-aches.
at belly-acher (n.) under bellyache, v.
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: B-ache – An explanation for a skin; also to work the voice overtime.
at bellyache, v.
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Boodle — Unauthorized feedables.
at boodle, n.1
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Brown – The filthy weed.
at brown, n.
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Buck – A private in the ranks.
at buck private, n.
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Cold Max – Perfect; all that can be desired [...] Cold Fess – Dismal failure.
at cold, adj.
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Dead Beat — To avoid working. One who endeavors to avoid exertion in any form.
at deadbeat, v.
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Drag —To accompany; as, to drag a femme.
at femme, n.
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Cold Fess — Dismal failure.
at fess, n.
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Fiend – One who is very skillful or a past-master at anything. Fiendish – Clever, remarkable; also eminently O. K., as, ‘a fiendish femme.’.
at fiend, n.
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Gross – Asinine; wooden; stupid.
at gross, adj.
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Cold Max — Perfect; all that can be desired.
at max, adj.
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Bonoid – One who scrambles for the tenths; a worker [...] Hopoid – A disciple of Terpsichore [...] Quilloid – One who quills [...] Spoonoid – One who spoons.
at -oid, sfx
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Quill — (Verb) To endeavor to bonebootlick in any form. Quilloid — One who quills.
at quiller, n.
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Skag — Cigarette.
at scag, n.1
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Tie-up — To bungle; to make a failure of.
at tie up, v.1
[US] ‘West Point Sl.’ in Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 292–5: Trig — Trigonometry.
at trig, n.2
[US] Howitzer 177: Big Dick from Boston—eighty miles from home—Phoebe—Little Joe—four’s my point...! [HDAS].
at eighty days, n.
[US] Howitzer (US Milit. Academy) 177: Ninety days—seven come eleven! [HDAS].
at ninety days (n.) under ninety, adj.
[US] Howitzer 177: Big Dick from Boston—eighty miles from home—Phoebe—Little Joe—four’s my point...! [HDAS].
at Phoebe, n.
[US] Howitzer 152: He became so dainty and spoony that the farmer boy was soon lost to view, and we saw rather the apparent tea-hound and parlor-snake.
at tea-hound (n.) under tea, n.
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