1949 (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 100: Those 4-F, draft-dodging bastards.at 4-F, adj.
1949 (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.
1949 (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.
1949 (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.
1949 (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.
1949 (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
1949 (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.
1949 (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 207: ‘Okay. Here we go for bingo.’ [...] The carbine cracks.at bingo!, excl.
1949 (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
1949 (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
1949 (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.
1949 (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) ‘I’ll report you,’ he screams. ‘You’ll get the book.’.at book, n.
1949 (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 20: Only the officers can catch the bugs.at bug, n.4
1949 (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.
1949 (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
1949 (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.
1949 (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.
1949 (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 16: Mike Novak is not to be soft, no chicken heart.at chickenheart, n.
1949 (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.
1949 (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
1949 (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.
1949 (con. 1943–5) A. Murphy To Hell and Back (1950) 234: You crawling, creeping crap from Texas.at crap, n.1
1949 (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.
1949 (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.
1949 (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.
1949 (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.
1949 (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.