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[UK] (con. WWI) ‘Sapper’ Shorty Bill 210: Gaw lumme! ’Erb, we’ve struck the blinking bag of nuts ’ere!
at bag of nuts (n.) under bag, n.1
[UK] (con. WWI) ‘Sapper’ Shorty Bill 175: You might get trying it yourself, an’ get boxed up.
at boxed-up, adj.
[UK] (con. WWI) ‘Sapper’ Shorty Bill 158: Now in your gaff – teaching figures an’ all that sort of thing – mistakes don’t matter.
at gaff, n.1
[UK] (con. WWI) ‘Sapper’ Shorty Bill 196: No go, Ginger, stung again, old man.
at no go, phr.
[UK] (con. WWI) ‘Sapper’ Shorty Bill 256: And the combination [of words] put the brass hat on.
at put the tin hat on (v.) under tin hat, n.1
[UK] (con. WWI) ‘Sapper’ Shorty Bill 302: No heel taps in that silent toast.
at heeltap, n.
[UK] (con. WWI) ‘Sapper’ Shorty Bill 72: Shells, bombs, bullets – they take others and pass you by. But sooner or later, it will be ‘nah-poo.’.
at napoo, n.
[UK] (con. WWI) ‘Sapper’ Shorty Bill 145: Sit down, Pills; you needn’t bow.
at pill, n.
[UK] (con. WWI) ‘Sapper’ Shorty Bill 174: Very nearly falls into the plurry sap.
at plurry, adj.
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