1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 196: This veritable porpoise of a sea-cook with a soul as big as all outdoors.at all outdoors, n.
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 107: He was [...] very keen to put out to sea on his own and try to bag a Hun.at bag, v.
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 294: These old battle-wagons sure do roll up mileage in a month.at battle wagon (n.) under battle, n.
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 284: We all pulled and thrashed about like billy-be-damned.at Billy-be-damned, n.
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 323: W-hat yo’ reckon d-dese yere Germans aimin’ to do, b-buddy?at buddy, n.
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 377: You say the report mentions their wanting soap? They were crazy for it.at crazy for (adj.) under crazy, adj.
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 378: He won’t be happy till I blow the daylights out of a submarine.at daylights, n.
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 143: This strange periscope, [...] – a Hun, or I’ll eat my hat.at eat one’s hat, v.
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 198: They expected to be drowned, every mother’s son of them.at every mother’s son, n.
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 327: Straight these drowned seamen went to Fiddler’s Green where the souls of all good mariners go.at fiddler’s green (n.) under fiddler, n.3
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 91: We’re hooked up fast together until we trim the Hun to a frazzle.at frazzle, n.
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 20: This dead American mule-whacker, Flinger, his name was, had been a good game lad.at mule whacker (n.) under mule, n.
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 221: The doctor could shake a loose foot with any of them, and Anne’s slippers fairly twinkled.at shake a leg (v.) under shake, v.
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 368: The chief gunner honestly believes he hit and disabled her and will swear to it on a stack of Bibles as high as the mainmast.at swear on a stack of Bibles (a mile high) (v.) under swear, v.
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 4: Some admiral! Isn’t he the wise bird that showed the Navy how to shoot straight?at wise, adj.
1918 R.D. Paine Fighting Fleets 288: He crashed [...] taking off, – tried to zoom, engine konked, – side-slip, – nose-dive.at zoom, v.