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[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 18: By God, Bert, if you and me was floating around out there tonight belly-up, it’d be that damn’ freighter’s fault.
at belly up, adj.2
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 112: Pipe down [...] You’re always singin’ the blues.
at sing the blues (v.) under blues, n.1
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 131: I’m going to [...] get into my blues.
at blues, n.2
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 127: Tell those mess-boys to knock off the breeze [...] The jabbering ended.
at breeze, n.1
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 67: With their two-by-four laundry you were lucky to get a couple of khaki shirts a week to wear.
at two-by-four, adj.
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 138: When I go down with this tin can I’ll know why it happened. [Ibid.] 138: Wake up, tin-can sailor,’ he said cheerfully.
at tin-can, n.2
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 41: You afraid to be out here alone, cooky?
at cookee, n.
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 78: This is a hell of a summer [...] I wisht I was back in Dago.
at Dago, n.
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 113: All watertight fittings should be closed and dogged tight.
at dogged, adv.
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 113: Don’t dope off, now.
at dope off (v.) under dope, v.1
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 130: The gold leaves on his visor shone in the morning sun [...] ‘I see you’re wearing your scrambled eggs,’ the Old Man said.
at scrambled eggs, n.1
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 79: I like a guy like you [...] a guy who likes the girlies.
at girlie, n.
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 173: Tonight’s our last nighty of half-stepping [...] After we’ve fuelled we’ll do twenty knots.
at half step, v.
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 6: ‘Coffee and cigarettes,’ Maxon said. ‘Jamoke and butts.’.
at jamoke, n.1
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 5: Bring Ensign Maxon a cuppa joe.
at joe, n.4
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 101: Just as long as we keep coming and going and knocking off a few subs on the way.
at knock off, v.
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 104: I’m going to hit my sack for a while.
at hit the sack (v.) under sack, n.
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 107: We haven’t got enough fuel to screw around.
at screw around (v.) under screw, v.
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 136: They’ll want to look snappy today.
at look snappy (about) (v.) under snappy, adj.
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 55: Just when you get something squared away out here, the damn ocean kicks up and knocks your plans to hell.
at square away (v.) under square, v.
[US] H. Hunt East of Farewell 49: He’s a sweetheart [...] So he’s got psychic powers now.
at sweetheart, n.
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