1927 (con. 1917–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 16: A stone sailed toward the liaison detail [...] ‘Hey, Lay off the alley lilies!’ he called sleepily.at alley apple (n.) under alley, n.1
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 213: Pap’ Comerford, that used to be my top kick, was the best argufier I ever see.at argufier (n.) under argufy, v.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 35: These Huns is bad medicine.at bad medicine (n.) under bad, adj.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 238: Them bastardly artillery men went an’ killed a couple o’ Jerries.at bastardly, adj.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 246: Captain, I ain’t buggy like them fellers. Lice I never had.at buggy, adj.1
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 187: Button your mouth, ignorance, till I get through talkin’.at button one’s lip, v.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 113: Shells clanged. Spike tried to keep on, but after a few of those G.I. cans had burst near enough to throw dirt on him, he gave up and lay in the ditch.at can, n.1
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 181: How the hell can I fire if the christly aimin’ point blew out?at christly, adj.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 296: [to a Jew] ‘You clipped-nose son of a bitch!’ shrieked the officer.at clipped, adj.1
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 69: The Greek and the two non-coms sat and shivered.at non-com, n.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 156: The truck driver was off his conk.at conk, n.1
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 290: The goose is cooked now! Come on! Let’s beat it.at cook someone’s goose, v.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 140: I’ll give you the God-damnedest kick on the bottom that you ever got in your life!at god-damned, adj.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 37: ‘Dog fight,’ answered Spike [...] ‘Bunch of Jerry planes meet up with a bunch of ours and they go to it.’.at dog-fight (n.) under dog, n.2
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 280: ‘Ready with the eggs?’ he asked.at egg, n.1
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 200: Eye-wash means only one thing to him. That old sponge! [...] They’ve wrecked my car and come all the way up here with a hot-water bottle full of whiskey!at eyewash (n.) under eye, n.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 254: Only ‘Glasseyed Ike’ there, washes his [...] ‘Glasseye,’ asked one of the men, ‘where the hell did you ever get that thing?’.at glass eyes, n.1
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 176: ‘Go fan yourself with an alley-lily,’ said Rouge calmly.at fan, v.1
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 162: I seen it go flooey off the road while I was duckin’ fer that shell.at go flooey (v.) under flooey!, excl.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 257: He’s too gay with them knuckles o’ his.at gay, adj.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 161: ‘God’s grease!’ muttered Wally.at God, n.1
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 139: And so we retreat in confusion, do we? And here are all the goldbricks!at goldbrick, n.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 139: ‘All you men, git!’ he roared. ‘Up on the lines, now, every one. The gravy train is ditched.’.at gravy train, n.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 95: He had only about forty men, three machine guns, no auto or ‘shosho’ rifles.at sho-sho gun, n.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 237: This here Webster’s as good an’ nice to live with as a knock-kneed grizzly with a guts-ache.at gut-ache (n.) under gut, n.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 152: What’s he gonna do? He’s gonna break a gut!at bust a gut (v.) under gut, n.
1927 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Three Lights from a Match 135: ‘Hey, ham-head,’ cried Rouge.at hamhead, n.