1928 (con. 1918) L. Nason Top Kick 9: I knew he’d be happy as a bug on a hot stove watchin’ for the O.D. and tryin’ to see him in time to give me the office.at ...a bug in a rug under happy as..., adj.
1928 (con. 1918) L. Nason Top Kick 117: You old crow bait, you cheat the sausage-maker every day of your life.at crow-bait, n.
1928 (con. 1918) L. Nason Top Kick 113: Why there was rumours about our goin’ before you had your brain-storm even.at brainstorm (n.) under brain, n.1
1928 (con. 1918) L. Nason Top Kick 9: I expected to get burned for leaving camp while I was on guard.at burn, v.
1928 (con. 1918) L. Nason Top Kick 10: ‘If you wanted to get busted, why didn’t you resign?’ ‘I didn’t want to get busted. I wanted to get promoted.’.at bust, v.1
1928 (con. 1918) L. Nason Top Kick 74: How do I know you men haven’t been cooling coffee over in the wheat all day.at coffee-cooler (n.) under coffee, n.
1928 (con. 1918) L. Nason Top Kick 16: It’s about time or the coots would eat us alive. The place is lousy with them.at coot, n.2
1928 (con. 1918) L. Nason Top Kick 112: Them hard-tails o’ yours been fed yet?at hard tail (n.) under hard, adj.
1928 (con. 1918) L. Nason Top Kick 18: ‘Hell’s bells and the devil to ring ’em,’ groaned Nell.at hell’s bells! (excl.) under hell, n.
1928 (con. 1918) L. Nason Top Kick 10: Them sheep-herdin’ jaspers they call reserve officers.at jasper, n.
1928 (con. 1914–18) L. Nason Top Kick 29: You’re tired and all that, but don’t blackguard this outfit or I’ll hang a lily on your nose myself!at lily, n.
1928 (con. 1918) L. Nason Top Kick 153: I wish we had as fine a map of Munster in the war office as you’ve got on your face.at map of..., phr.
1928 (con. 1918) L. Nason Top Kick 19: I’m comin’ down with my boils again. I got a regular peony right where it’ll do the most harm.at peach, n.1
1928 (con. 1918) L. Nason Top Kick 153: Hey, get a wiggle on with them wounded!at get a wiggle on (v.) under wiggle, n.