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Yank 7 Oct. 23: Cornell—Unless the Big red brushes up on defense, the point offense may prove inadequate [HDAS].at Big Red, n.
Yank 7 Oct. 23: Cornell—Unless the Big red brushes up on defense, the point offense may prove inadequate [HDAS]. Yank 1 July 21: Friendly Enemies (United Artists). Right out of the corn bin and a flag-waver to boot [HDAS].at flag-waver (n.) under flag, n.2
Yank 23 Dec. 18: The old hepster rose, with his gauge brewing hot [HDAS].at gauge, n.1
in Yank 5 Aug. 15: The ground pounders [...] the infantry [HDAS].at ground pounder (n.) under ground, n.
in Yank 5 Aug. 9: She’s a kill [HDAS].at kill, n.2
Yank 4 Nov. 20/3: A shikkered wooloomooloo yank [...] met a wowsere with two ding dong sninnies.at sninny, n.
Yank 21 Oct. 15: They’re the same kind of tech chevrons [OED].at tech, n.
Yank 17 Sept. 21: We were bushwhacking in the off-limit weeds [HDAS].at bushwhack, v.
Yank 18 June 6: One piece of shrapnel took out the seat of his G.I. long-handles [HDAS].at long handles (n.) under long, adj.
Yank (Far East edn) 24 Mar. 18/2–3: Some of today’s teen-agers – pleasantly not many – talk the strange new language of ‘sling swing.’ In the bright lexicon of the good citizens of tomorrow, a girl with sex appeal is an ‘able Grable’ or a ‘ready Hedy’.at able Grable, n.
Yank (Far East edn) 24 Mar. 18/2–3: Some of today’s teen-agers – pleasantly not many – talk the strange new language of ‘sling swing.’ In the bright lexicon of the good citizens of tomorrow [...] A grind is a ‘book beater’.at book-beater (n.) under book, n.
Yank (Far East edn) 24 Mar. 18/2–3: Some of today’s teen-agers – pleasantly not many – talk the strange new language of ‘sling swing.’ In the bright lexicon of the good citizens of tomorrow [...] A fancy dancer is a ‘jive bomber’ or a ‘cloud walker’.at cloud-walker (n.) under cloud, n.
Yank (Far East edn) 24 Mar. 18/2–3: Some of today’s teen-agers – pleasantly not many – talk the strange new language of ‘sling swing.’ In the bright lexicon of the good citizens of tomorrow [...] A boy given to hugging the girls—sentimental little rascals, some of these lads—is a ‘wolf on a scouter’ or an ‘educated fox.’.at fox, n.1
Yank (Far East edn) 24 Mar. 18/2–3: Some of today’s teen-agers – pleasantly not many – talk the strange new language of ‘sling swing.’ In the bright lexicon of the good citizens of tomorrow [...] A boy whose mug and muscles appeal to the girls is a ‘mellow man’, a ‘hunk of heartbreak’ or a ‘glad lad’.at glad lad (n.) under glad, adj.
in Yank 20 Apr. 20: You, you goof-off! [HDAS].at goof-off, n.
Yank (Far East edn) 24 Mar. 18/2–3: Some of today’s teen-agers – pleasantly not many – talk the strange new language of ‘sling swing.’ In the bright lexicon of the good citizens of tomorrow [...] A grind is a ‘book beater’.at grind, n.
Yank (Far East edn) 24 Mar. 18/2–3: Some of today’s teen-agers – pleasantly not many – talk the strange new language of ‘sling swing’. In the bright lexicon of the good citizens of tomorrow [...] A prude is a ‘hair shirt’.at hair shirt (n.) under hair, n.
in Yank 6 Apr. 5: A brand-new eight-holer had been constructed [HDAS].at -holer, sfx
Yank (Far East edn) 24 Mar. 18/2–3: Some of today’s teen-agers – pleasantly not many – talk the strange new language of ‘sling swing.’ In the bright lexicon of the good citizens of tomorrow [...] A fancy dancer is a ‘jive bomber’ or a ‘cloud walker’.at jive bomber (n.) under jive, v.1
Yank (Far East edn) 24 Mar. 18/2–3: Some of today’s teen-agers – pleasantly not many – talk the strange new language of ‘sling swing.’ In the bright lexicon of the good citizens of tomorrow [...] A boy whose mug and muscles appeal to the girls is a ‘mellow man’, a ‘hunk of heartbreak’ or a ‘glad lad’.at mellow man (n.) under mellow, adj.
Yank (Far East edn) 24 Mar. 18/2–3: Some of today’s teen-agers – pleasantly not many – talk the strange new language of ‘sling swing.’ In the bright lexicon of the good citizens of tomorrow, a girl with sex appeal is an ‘able Grable’ or a ‘ready Hedy’.at ready Hedy (n.) under ready, adj.
Yank 4 41/2: I’ll bet you say that to all the boys. Don’t try any of that stuff on me.at I bet you say that to all the boys/girls under say, v.
Yank (Far East edn) 24 Mar. 18/2–3: Some of today’s teen-agers – pleasantly not many – talk the strange new language of ‘sling swing.’ In the bright lexicon of the good citizens of tomorrow [...] To be jilted is to be ‘shot down in flames’.at shoot down (v.) under shoot, v.
Yank (Far East edn) 24 Mar. 18/2–3: Some of today’s teen-agers – pleasantly not many – talk the strange new language of ‘sling swing.’ In the bright lexicon of the good citizens of tomorrow [...] A pretty girl is ‘whistle bait.’.at whistle bait (n.) under whistle, n.
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