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[US] O.W. Norton Army Letters (1903) 73: One company just passed armed with ‘Irish spoons,’ going out to work in the trenches [DA].
at Irish banjo (n.) under Irish, adj.
[US] O.W. Norton Army Letters (1903) 113: Snorting their impatience to ‘get into posish,’ came the Monitor, the Galena and others [DA].
at posish, n.
[US] O.W. Norton Army Letters (1903) 183: The brigade was flying round, getting into line, drums beating and a big time generally [DA].
at big time, n.1
[US] O.W. Norton Army Letters (1903) 175: Fortunately, I am not troubled with the ‘crumbs’ now [DA].
at crum, n.
[US] O.W. Norton Army Letters (1903) 169: Shoddyocracy is pretty large in New York, [...] the hideous offspring of the monster war [DA].
at shoddyocracy (n.) under shoddy, adj.
[US] O.W. Norton Army Letters (1903) 216: Who should I see but Mr. Johnny just getting into his don’t-speak-of-’ems [HDAS].
at don’t-know-what-to-call-’ems, n.
[US] O.W. Norton Army Letters (1903) 277: I presume that just about this time of day you are sitting in one of the slips in that ‘Podunk’ or ‘Chachunk’ (what do you call it?) ‘meetin’ house’ [DA].
at podunk, n.
[US] O.W. Norton Army Letters (1903) 278: As things are shaping I do not much think I shall try [DA].
at shape (up) (v.) under shape, v.
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