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To Hell and Back choose

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[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 100: Those 4-F, draft-dodging bastards.
at 4-F, adj.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 9: He shouldn’ta been makin’ like a pigeon. He oughta kept his head down.
at make like (a)..., v.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 60: ‘Front-line slovenliness [...] will not be tolerated in this area.’ ‘Come again’, says Snuffy.
at come again!, excl.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 60: The first phase of our examination is a short arm.
at short-arm inspection (n.) under short arm, n.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 104: ‘Saw them buzzards with my own eyes.’ ‘Oh, blow it.’.
at blow it out your ass!, excl.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 62: I talk a lot of bologna.
at baloney, n.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 38: They’re all a bunch of bat-brains.
at batbrain (n.) under bat, n.2
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 151: Be sure you address me properly when the head nurse is around. She’s a bear for rank.
at bear for, a under bear, n.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 207: ‘Okay. Here we go for bingo.’ [...] The carbine cracks.
at bingo!, excl.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 264: And you ain’t just a-birdin’, son. You ain’t a birdin’ a-tall.
at bird, v.2
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 99: The bird-brain owes me ten bucks.
at birdbrain (n.) under bird, n.1
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 109: A hog should have known better [...] but not men, when they blow their toppers.
at blow one’s top, v.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) ‘I’ll report you,’ he screams. ‘You’ll get the book.’.
at book, n.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 20: Only the officers can catch the bugs.
at bug, n.4
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 22: I itch to bump some krauts.
at bump, v.1
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 120: Drive her car into town; and don’t try any funny stuff.
at funny business, n.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 76: Okay, okay. [...] Don’t bust a blood vessel.
at bust a blood-vessel (v.) under bust, v.1
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 163: Seal falls in love with me. Woman gives me the go-by.
at give someone/something the go-by (v.) under go-by, n.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 136: I wish you could see my sailor. He is the ‘cat’s whiskers.’.
at cat’s whiskers, n.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 16: Mike Novak is not to be soft, no chicken heart.
at chickenheart, n.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 32: If we’re not in a helluva trap, I’ll be a cross-eyed Armenian.
at I’ll be a Chinaman under Chinaman, n.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 204: I hope the krauts don’t start chunking artillery in this direction.
at chunk, v.1
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 198: I’m sorry I conked out .
at conk (out), v.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 48: Okay, gourd-head. Get that cotton-picking butt off the ground.
at cotton-picking, adj.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 234: You crawling, creeping crap from Texas.
at crap, n.1
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 119: ‘This woman’s a snowball [...] She’s fulla dope.’ ‘Hod damn [...] who’da thought it?’.
at hot damn!, excl.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 30: Aw, shadup [...] you got diarreah of the mout.
at diarrhea of the mouth (n.) under diarrhoea, n.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 19: If I ever throw a whingding [sic] like that, shoot me.
at throw a wing-ding (v.) under wing-ding, n.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 160: ‘Well, I’ll be a dirty name,’ he says.
at I’ll be a dirty word! (excl.) under dirty, adj.
[US] (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 33: Do I get my do-re-mi, or do I take it out of your hide?
at do-re-mi, n.
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