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Overseas with an Aero Squadron choose

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[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 61: Our top-cutter was in bad.
at in bad under bad, adj.
[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 56: ‘Whatta ’y’ shoot?’ [...] ‘Big Dick’.
at big dick (n.) under big, adj.
[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 60: John made quite a racket around the supply department, where he was always ‘on the buzz’.
at on the buzz (adj.) under buzz, n.
[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 61: Back Home — [...] That the ‘Sweet Cookie’ will be waiting still.
at cookie, n.1
[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 56: ‘Money-wild’ has the cubes.
at cube, n.1
[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 56: ‘Whatta ’y’ shoot?’ [...] ‘Snake-eyes.’.
at snake eyes, n.2
[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 51: The most unpopular man in any organization is the cook. No matter what his personal traits may be [...] he is ‘a crab,’ ‘a gut-robber,’ and ‘a glutton.’.
at gut-robber (n.) under gut, n.
[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 61: After a big time in Bar-le-Duc you had a helluva hill between you and camp.
at helluva, adj.
[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 70: John Cruigshank [...] It was really too severe to call John by the awful cognomen of ‘Lame-brain.’.
at lamebrain, n.
[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 58: ‘Me dogs are hurtin’, I think I’ll fix de lay,’ which means in English, ‘My feet ache, I think I’ll go to bed.’.
at lay, n.5
[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 56: ‘Whatta ’y’ shoot?’ [...] ‘Midnight!’.
at midnight, n.
[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 66: ‘Zim-Zim’ was just as well off as when he was a nickel-chaser on the street cars of Toledo.
at nickel snatcher (n.) under nickel, n.
[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 70: John J. was intended to be a flyer, but something went wrong and John pancaked.
at pancake, v.
[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 66: ‘Lefty’ he was called because he was a port-sider.
at port-sider, n.
[US] C.E. Piesbergen Overseas with an Aero Squadron 56: ‘Money-wild’ has the cubes and is trying to earn the cost of wifie’s new shoes.
at wifey, n.
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