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And Then We Heard the Thunder choose

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[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 11: Jogy Grinder is a civilian – any lucky four-goddamn-F that’s laying up with your old lady and grinding her all night long while you’re away in the service.
at 4-Fs, n.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 423: ‘You just take your finger out your ass and make that phone call,’ Samuels said. Solly said ‘Blow it out you “A” bag!’.
at a, n.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 377: One of them was drunk as an owl.
at drunk as a boiled owl, adj.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 290: I swear to God he’s drunk as a cooter.
at drunk as a cootie, adj.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 313: It doesn’t amount to a hill of beans.
at hill of beans, a, phr.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 427: She’s aces, mytes, and she’s full quid all the way.
at aces, adj.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 448: They found three other MPs shooting dice [...] ‘Ada from Decatur!’ a little sawed-off MP pleaded.
at Ada from Decatur, n.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 427: She’s aces, mytes, and she’s full quid all the way.
at all the way, adv.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 427: ‘How’s about a little alleviation?’ [...] he took a bottle from his hip pocket.
at alleviator, n.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 36: Well, kiss my ass in Macey’s window – I’ll be a rotten mama-jabber!
at kiss my arse!, excl.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 29: You too educated for us dumb-ass colored soldiers.
at dumb-ass, adj.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 34: I mean that stud was shaking ass!
at shake one’s ass under ass, n.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 213: Take ten, men [...] take anything but a crap, we don’t have that much time to ass around.
at ass around under ass, n.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 379: Scotty said, ‘Here’s looking at you.’.
at here’s looking at you!, excl.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 12: He had had seven or eight B.M.s, with the latrine orderly standing there. [Ibid.] 312: All through this time when he wasn’t B.M.ing or scared to death, he was asking himself, Why am I here?
at B.M., n.2
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 15: Think they can B.S. around for the whole damn duration. [Ibid.] 194: Solly and Worm were seated in the orderly room Bee-Essing.
at b.s., v.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 52: Why don’t you loud-mouth Bee-Essers let somebody sleep? [Ibid.] 287: High-priest newspaper publishers and all the other Bee-Essers.
at b.s.-er, n.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 201: I’m not the dentist. I’m strictly a back-door man.
at back-door man (n.) under back-door, n.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 431: ‘Uptya!’ a digger shouted. ‘Bash it upya!’.
at bash it up you! (excl.) under bash, v.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 179: You could be really truly my better half.
at better half, n.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 268: You’re too goddamn biggedy!
at biggity, adj.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 247: Man, I’m telling you, these people a bitch on wheels.
at bitch-on-wheels (n.) under bitch, n.1
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 70: I want you fellows to open up [...] Let this be the bitching hour.
at bitching, n.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 380: Both of these Yankee bastards’re boiled, and we don’t allow strong drinks in here. [Ibid.] 420: Samuels was just about half boiled already.
at boiled, adj.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 420: And how was the chief boss-cocky?
at boss cocky (n.) under boss, n.2
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 326: They had sat late at night [...] drinking coffee and batting the breeze.
at bat the breeze (v.) under breeze, n.1
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 15: If he ain’t no sergeant you sure ain’t no corporal, so get up off it, you bubble-eyed punk. [Ibid.] 45: Tell him what I say, Solly. Tell this bubble-eyed fool something.
at bubbleheaded, adj.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 14: You ain’t hardly a buck-ass private.
at buck-assed (adj.) under buck, n.1
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 68: He’s telling you right, Bucket-head. [Ibid.] 133: I told that bucket-head bastard.
at buckethead (n.) under bucket, n.
[US] (con. WWII) J.O. Killens And Then We Heard The Thunder (1964) 340: Come on, Sergeant Solly, you know I was just bull-jiving.
at bull-jive, v.
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