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[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 109: He was a good deal of a pest, and nearly beat out Nero as history’s prize bad actor.
at bad actor (n.) under bad, adj.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 85: Many a guy who was a bear for yelling on the college campus finds himself out-yodelled by some meek individual.
at bear for, a under bear, n.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 109: He was a good deal of a pest, and nearly beat out Nero as history’s prize bad actor.
at beat (someone) out of (v.) under beat, v.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 73: When you are not suspecting your bunkies of having the flu, you are wondering whether any of your relatives are having it.
at bunkie, n.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 61: A corporalcy [...] also helps you shake loose an extra three bucks from the Disbursing Officer.
at shake down, v.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 9: Cyzerznski only ducked a spell in the jug by handshaking with the top-kick.
at duck, v.1
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 45: And believe me, bo, they didn’t rub it into yuh. Fierce.
at fierce, adv.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 53: According to the location of the phenomenon it is described either as ‘leaping dandruff’ or ‘shirt rats’.
at galloping dandruff (n.) under galloping, adj.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 17: Habitat: Some Gay White Way, either in New York or wherever he happens to be.
at Gay White Way, n.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 41: Guys who otherwise only regard the matter tentatively have to take a shave.
at guy, n.2
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 9: Czyerznski only ducked a spell in the jug by handshaking with the top-kick due to going AWOL.
at handshake, v.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 45: J is the Jug, otherwise known as the can, the pen or the mill.
at jug, n.1
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 21: You find yourself feeling better even before the medical looey has asked you what ‘your trouble is’.
at looie, n.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 101: He (the 2nd Lute) said for you not to stand reveille and it would be O.K.
at loot, n.2
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 45: J is the Jug, otherwise known as the can, the pen or the mill.
at mill, n.1
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 17: The boys don’t mind him, and he figures that folks on the outside are not on.
at on, adv.1
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 17: The boys don’t mind him, and he figures that folks on the outside are not on.
at outside, n.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 49: The most aristocratic job the kitchen has to offer – that is, ‘pearl diving,’ or the operation of recovering the crockery from the bottom of two feet of ‘water.’.
at pearl dive (v.) under pearl, n.1
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 45: And believe me, bo, they didn’t rub it into yuh. Fierce.
at rub in (v.) under rub, v.2
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 105: Anyone who has seen a considerable number together knows why they are Yanks, and nothing else, especially not ‘Sammies’.
at sammy, n.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 81: The guy that has them all skinned admits that he never writes home to his folks unless they send him the postage.
at skinned, adj.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 9: Czyerznski only ducked a spell in the jug by handshaking with the top-kick due to going AWOL.
at spell, n.2
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 77: He wonders what they will stick him for the ‘blouse and breeches, C.O.D.’.
at stick, v.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 61: The fast service route to the stripes is always thought to be a congenial intimacy with the topper.
at topper, n.1
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 61: Whatzat has an equally famous [dictum] about commissioned officers [...] and Whatzisname has one about the private.
at whatshisname, n.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 61: Whoosis’s famous dictum about non-commissioned officers being the back-bone of any army strikes you as reasonable.
at whosis, n.
[US] D.G. Rowse Doughboy Dope 29: You are assisted in answering ‘Yo!’ to your name by the fortunate knowledge of where it comes on the company roster.
at yo!, excl.
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