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No Parachute choose

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[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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
[UK] 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
[UK] 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
[UK] 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.
[UK] A.S.G. Lee No Parachute (1968) 138: The tracer was hosing him fine.
at hose, v.1
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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.
[UK] A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 3 Sept. 112: Hazebrouck took a bad pasting.
at pasting, n.
[UK] 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.
[UK] 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
[UK] A.S.G. Lee letter in No Parachute (1968) 8 Dec. 196: The dinner and binge were really something.
at something, n.
[UK] 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
[UK] 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.
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