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Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds choose

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[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 19: A Moro High Mucky-Muck never gave a man anniething out of his private boie box unless he means it as a tremendjus honor.
at high muck-a-muck, n.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 26: In two shakes of a dead lamb’s tail dey had Larry bound hand and foot.
at two shakes of a lamb’s tail, phr.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 53: We ain’t got no grub left an’ we’ll have to live on wind-puddin’.
at air pudding (n.) under air, n.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 136: Just as sure as Christ made little apples.
at sure as God made little (green) apples under sure as..., phr.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 21: Oi thought she was going to kiss me nixt – bad ’cess to her.
at bad cess to you! (excl.) under bad, adj.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 11: So, be gobs, Oi makes up me mind to come up here and buy a steamboat.
at begorra!, excl.
[US] C. M’Govern ‘Soldier Sl.’ in Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds.
at biscuit shooter (n.) under biscuit, n.1
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 26: Oi was too blanked surprised to do nothing except what dey told me to.
at blanked, adj.
[US] C. M’Govern ‘Soldier Sl.’ in Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds n.p.: bow-wow—Vienna Sausage.
at bow-wow, n.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 35: I swear be de saints if yez don’t be gettin’ a wiggle on ye Oi’ll be afhter jabbing me fist in de middle of yer bread-basket.
at breadbasket (n.) under bread, n.1
[US] C. M’Govern ‘Soldier Sl.’ in Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds n.p.: brick-house:—Insane asylum.
at brickhouse, n.1
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 56: De dhirty bugger! Oi hope ye’ll catch him an’ cut his heart out.
at bugger, n.1
[US] C. M’Govern ‘Soldier Sl.’ in Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds n.p.: butt:—A short time; ‘Two months and a butt’ means two whole months and a part of another month remaining on one’s enlistment.
at butt, n.1
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 64: The fun he and his butty had last Fourth of July in Arizona with some Greaser feller who wouldn’t take off his ‘dip’ when he passed the Stars and Stripes.
at butty, n.1
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 56: Oi no sooner axed him about grub dan he answers me, ‘Cert! Come along, pardner!’.
at cert, adv.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 92: In some respects he was a character; in others a type.
at character, n.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 67: Don’t want to go to bed yet? Wan to have a chewing-match wit’ me ’bout music, do ye?
at chewing match, n.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 9: Japs and Americanos, Chinos and Spaniards, [...] Jews, Gentiles and Filipinos stand side by side every evening.
at Chino, n.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 11: All de coffee [...] you raise has to be shipped away by thim plaything Chino sail-boats.
at Chino, n.
[US] C. M’Govern ‘Soldier Sl.’ in Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds n.p.: coffee-cooler:—A soldier or officer with a sinecure.
at coffee-cooler (n.) under coffee, n.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 133: ‘Con’ stories wot soldiers pass along to each other just by way of killin’ time.
at con, adj.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 57: Dat funny cuss sat down silent-like on a shmall tom-tom in de middle of de yard.
at cuss, n.1
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 15: De Sultan’s house was a peach – yes, sorr, a reg’lar jim-dandy, cracker-jack elegant palace.
at jim-dandy, adj.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 68: Does I believe in spiritoolism? Not in a pair of gosh hang holy minits!
at gosh-darned, adj.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 64: The fun he and his butty had last Fourth of July in Arizona with some Greaser feller who wouldn’t take off his ‘dip’ when he passed the Stars and Stripes.
at dip, n.1
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 58: Serge, Oi tell you we’re done for.
at done, adj.
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 65: Old Dad’s sorry his fiddlin’ made you dopey.
at dopey, adj.1
[US] C. M’Govern ‘Soldier Sl.’ in Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds n.p.: doughboys:—Infantrymen.
at doughboy, n.1
[US] C. M’Govern Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds 52: Was Oi iver afther tellin’ you, lootinant, about de expereince Oi wanst had wit’ a bino fiend [...] up in Batangas.
at fiend, n.
[US] C. M’Govern ‘Soldier Sl.’ in Sarjint Larry an’ Frinds n.p.: funny-house:—Insane asylum.
at funny house (n.) under funny, adj.1
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