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No Man’s Land choose

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[UK] ‘Sapper’ No Man’s Land 298: The men despise vacillation and chopping and changing. Being ‘messed about,’ they call it, only the word is not messed.
at mess about, v.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ No Man’s Land 111: The ’Un will be strafing [...] and there’ll be the ’ell of a beano going on.
at beano, n.1
[UK] ‘Sapper’ No Man’s Land 235: Think of it, me bohunks.
at bohunk, n.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ No Man’s Land 51: Could I remind you that there is a war on [...] my splay-footed bolus-booster?
at bolus, n.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ No Man’s Land 239: You’ll find you won’t be able to do what you like when you bump Master Boche.
at bump, v.1
[UK] ‘Sapper’ No Man’s Land 190: Just a little money, just enough to have a burst in England.
at burst, n.2
[UK] ‘Sapper’ No Man’s Land 159: ‘Cigars of great potency – real genuine Flor de Boche.’ [...] The Doctor was examining his cigar doubtfully.
at flor de cabbagio, n.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ No Man’s Land 176: You’re going to have a quarter-grain of sleep dope.
at dope, n.1
[UK] ‘Sapper’ No Man’s Land 239: You ain’t playing the goat with a dam lump of straw now.
at play the goat (v.) under goat, n.1
[UK] ‘Sapper’ No Man’s Land 92: This sunken road is always hairy [...] It were unwise to linger, sir.
at hairy, adj.2
[UK] ‘Sapper’ No Man’s Land 220: When the moment comes, and you’ve got your rag out and are seeing red.
at get one’s rag out (v.) under rag, n.1
[UK] ‘Sapper’ No Man’s Land 132: I hope the old boy hasn’t been scuppered [i.e. killed].
at scupper, v.
[UK] ‘Sapper’ No Man’s Land 140: My two best subalterns [...] Good boys – toppers both of them.
at topper, n.1
[UK] ‘Sapper’ No Man’s Land 226: No need to get your wind up.
at get one’s/the wind up (v.) under wind, n.2
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