1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 20 May 7: A lot of bally hot air, they’re just trying to put the wind up us new boys.at hot air, n.
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 24 May 18: You can do what you like with your own bus, if you want to loosen it up with show-off splitassing, that’s you own affair.at split-arse, v.
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 1 Sept. 83: Another pink-cheeked Warbabe It’s amazing how young they come, and all now in R.F.C. maternity jackets and split-ass caps.at split-ass, adj.
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 8 Dec. 197: Three of us leapt on old Percy Wilcox from behind with the intention of debagging him.at de-bag, v.
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 25 May 25: Dimmock strumming at the piano and everyone gathering round him, bellowing to beat the band.at to beat the band (adv.) under band, n.2
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 26 June 75: Last night’s binge was a send-off for pratt.at binge, n.
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter 25 May No Parachute (1968) 27: The chaps on dawn patrol were chivvied off to bed by their flight commander.at chivvy, v.1
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 23 May 13: I’d been given the oldest crock in flight.at crock, n.2
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter 9 Nov. in No Parachute (1968) 154: I saw it flash past, and had a sharp dose of wind-up, expecting the wing to collapse.at dose, n.1
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 25 May 26: Then comes the chorus: For a batman woke me from my bed, / I had a thick head and a very sore head.at thick head, n.
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 12 June 59: My oil lamp, dim as it is, attracts mosquitoes. We also have moths, earwigs [...] and lots of other harmless guests, but these twin-Spandau mozzies can be spiteful.at mossie, n.
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 24 May 18: I ran into another tick-off from Captain Pratt.at tick off, n.
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 3 Sept. 112: Hazebrouck took a bad pasting.at pasting, n.
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 24 May 18: It put me in an awful stew to get another roasting.at roasting, n.
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 9 Dec. 197: They’re terrifically keen about having a smack at the Hun.at smack, n.1
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 8 Dec. 196: The dinner and binge were really something.at something, n.
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 24 May 18: It put me in an awful stew to get another roasting.at stew, n.1
1917 A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 24 Nov. 174: ‘Eh, look lads, a bleeding Jerry flier.’ ‘Bleeding Jerry yourself!’ I retorted indignantly.at — yourself, phr.