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A Webfoot Volunteer choose

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[US] W. Hilleary diary 25 Feb. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 45: He did not obey the insulting command of ‘God damn you blow that light out or I’ll blow you out’.
at blow out, v.1
[US] W. Hilleary diary 20 June in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 203: The boat landed but ‘nary’ ‘Blue Johnny’ stepped ashore to receive the kiss of his patient wife or pining sweetheart.
at blue johnny (n.) under blue, adj.1
[US] W. Hilleary diary 14 May A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 65: Faithful little book thy pages have been filled by the scattering thoughts of a ‘blue coat’.
at bluecoat, n.
[US] W. Hilleary diary 23 Sept. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 115: The boys had a brush with the indians & killed two.
at brush, n.2
[US] W. Hilleary diary 18 Apr. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 57: Officers tried to divide the Co. into squads, compelling men to change their ‘Bunkees’ for others.
at bunkie, n.
[US] W. Hilleary diary 15 June in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 83: Three men & one Non. Com. are detailed each day to herd the mules.
at non-com, n.
[US] W. Hilleary diary 5 June A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 80: Poker playing was all the ‘go’ in camp & almost resulted in a little ‘dirt.’ Two Corp’ls talked very brave.
at dirt, n.
[US] W. Hilleary diary 30 Mar. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 52: The pleasant weather makes me feel like moving out of ‘Webfoot.’.
at web-foot, n.
[US] W. Hilleary diary 5 June Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 80: Poker playing was all the ‘go’ in camp.
at all the go (adj.) under go, n.1
[US] W. Hilleary diary 21 Nov. A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 132: He sold the hay for twenty tons, and on looking at the small heap remarked that: ‘Lots of it he’es blown to hell and gone’.
at to hell and gone under hell, n.
[US] W. Hilleary diary 12 Apr. in Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 55: But they pulled up stakes, they did, by Joe.
at by Joe! (excl.) under Joe, n.1
[US] W. Hilleary diary 20 Apr. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 44: The officers of Co. B. drill their men in the manual of arms while ours choose rather to ‘let us rip’.
at let rip, v.
[US] W. Hilleary diary 28 Jan. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 40: The indians in the ‘lock up’ gave us some amusement.
at lockup, n.
[US] W. Hilleary in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 153: The [officers] [...] poured a number of draught [sic] of rotten whiskey down their officious necks.
at neck, n.
[US] W. Hilleary diary 23 Sept. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 115: ‘Shorty’ the cook, (Smith 2d).
at shorty, n.
[US] diary W. Hilleary in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 19 May 73: A few of us went to town [...] & procured some bread ‘on tick.’.
at on tick under tick, n.3
[US] W. Hilleary diary 21 Mar. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 170: Whisky flowed and green backs were ‘strowed.’ A general bender seems to be the order of the day.
at bender, n.2
[US] W. Hilleary diary 22 Mar. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 170: The lovers of ‘red eye’ were loth to leave the ‘dead falls’.
at dead fall (n.) under dead, adj.
[US] W. Hilleary diary 30 Mar. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 173: There were numerous horns of cattle and their bones lying around thickly which indicated that ‘Lo’ and his family had been.
at Lo, n.1
[US] W. Hilleary diary 18 July in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 213: They get some fellows drunk and entice them to the outskirts of the town and then ‘roll him’ for all he has.
at roll, v.
[US] W. Hilleary diary 6 Feb. in A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 156: The Officers have a dance tonight at the Commander’s and the boys contemplate having a ‘shakedown’ over in the row.
at shakedown, n.
[US] W. Hilleary diary 11 July A Webfoot Volunteer (1965) 211: I rather think that it is a ‘wetting,’ that is the cause of all his troubles. Too much Rum, Whiskey, Brandy &c.
at wet, v.
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