1949 G. McMillan Old Breed 241: One man or combination of men in the tent had Big Dealed the components of coffee: one might have ‘borrowed’ the canned, condensed milk, another the sugar.at big deal, v.
1949 G. McMillan Old Breed 219: One man was a souvenir bug, and carried a special ditty bag in which he kept Japanese flags, buttons [...] money.at bug, n.4
1949 G. McMillan Old Breed 408: Those old buzzards have been sittin’ on their duff at desks!at duff, n.2
1949 G. McMillan Old Breed 213: Chesty [...] allowed the sawbones to cut out the shrapnel.at sawbones (n.) under saw, n.2
1949 G. McMillan Old Breed 331: Well before the 7th had shot its wad.at shoot one’s wad (v.) under wad, n.3
1949 G. McMillan Old Breed 217: The milk in these [coconuts] was like a club soda, [...] zippy and peppy.at zippy, adj.