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Stars and Stripes choose

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[US] in Stars and Stripes 8 Feb. 8: The engine of my boat died on me just over Rombach [HDAS].
at boat, n.1
[US] in Stars and Stripes 28 June: Have yuh double-o-ed a dame? [HDAS].
at double-O, v.
[US] Stars and Stripes 12 Apr. 8: One o’ thuh cooks spilt a can o’ this here ‘frou-frou’ powder in the cocoa.
at foo-foo dust (n.) under foo-foo, n.
[US] in Stars and Stripes 16 Aug. 6: One who is skittish will surely get the jimmies [HDAS].
at jimmies, n.1
[US] Stars and Stripes 22 Mar. 8: Yes, the louse! The humble, inoffending shirt-hound, the cootie.
at shirt rat (n.) under shirt, n.
[US] letter to Stars and Stripes 5 Apr. n.p.: The editors sure have spizzerinktum and every word of the paper is darned interesting.
at spizzerinktum, n.
[US] Stars and Stripes (Pacific edn) 26 Aug. n.p: Same-o same-o.
at same old same old under same, adj.
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