1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 24: They are heroes, those Tommies; they are undaunted, but it’s because they’ve got to be.at Tommy Atkins, n.
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 159: Charming without a bean in the world isn’t a fact — it’s a farce.at bean, n.1
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 187: Let’s blow the lot while we’re about it. I’m going back tomorrow.at blow, v.2
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 66: To her he was never the vain, strutting little bounder making himself ridiculous and offensive by turn.at bounder, n.
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 154: He might continue the good work on other prospectuses, thereby pouching more Bradburys.at Bradbury, n.
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 178: Surely some rights must go with the property — whether it’s land, or a coal mine, or a bucket shop.at bucket shop, n.
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 66: He was, in short, a supreme cad, with not a single redeeming feature.at cad, n.1
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 223: I believe the men would willingly agree to that if they were [...] sure he wasn’t cooking his books.at cook, v.1
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 167: She’s just an ordinary common or garden flirt, and we’ll cut it right out.at cut out, v.3
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 50: Dash it, Margaret, there was a distinct flavour of the pre-war about you last night.at dash it (all)! (excl.) under dash, v.1
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 86: Joan [...] I’m thinking I have played the deuce with your general routine.at play the deuce (with) (v.) under deuce, the, phr.
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 235: Just engaged to that fellow bazter [...] Deuced good thing too.at deuced, adv.
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 195: I had meant to punish you; I had meant to [...] teach you a lesson — and give you a fall.at fall, n.
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 226: Fire in an application and I’ll put it up tomorrow.at fire in (v.) under fire, v.2
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 272: A large healthy individual [...] demanding to see the Captain and protesting angrily when he was told to go to hell.at go to hell! (excl.) under hell, n.
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 92: Splendid, dear old top [...] let’s have a spot to celebrate your lapse from virtue.at old top, n.
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 153: Thereby inspiring confidence in all who read, and incidentally pouching some of the Bradburys.at pouch, v.1
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 235: Sir James — her father, you know — was in a very queer street.at Queer Street, n.
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 180: Why, in the name of fortune, I should give what I possess to a crowd of scally wags who haven’t made good.at scallywag, n.
1919 ‘Sapper’ Mufti 24: The League of Nations; or the triumph of Democracy, or the War to end War. They all sound so topping, don’t they?at topping, adj.