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(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 201: Now if we’re going to make a break we’ve got to do it quick.at make a break (v.) under break, n.2
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 201: Now if we’re going to make a break we’ve got to do it quick. (con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 190: Powell was burning himself up, they all agreed. He was having almost daily combats.at burn out, v.
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 187: Holy Christopher! Lieutenant Armstrong had gone off without his mascot.at Christopher!, excl.
(con. 1916) Wings (1928) 34: His father knew the ‘high powered’ car for a dressed-up flivver.at dressed, adj.
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 72: He got to thinking about it and it’s got his goat.at get someone’s goat (v.) under goat, n.1
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 123: God’s teeth! What the ’ell are you doing in ’ere!at God’s teeth! (excl.) under God, n.1
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 72: ‘What’s the matter with Armstrong?’ ‘Gone all to hell.’.at all to hell under hell, n.
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 202: I’ll give you the high sign when it’s time to get up.at high sign, n.
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 181: ‘Horse-radish,’ said Johnny roughly. [...] ‘That’s a lot of horse-radish.’.at horse radish (n.) under horse, n.
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 62: Geeroosalem, lookit ’at sojer boy.at Jerusalem!, excl.
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 71: ‘Going to knock it cold, eh?’ he saluted Johnny.at knock cold (v.) under knock, v.
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 161: There was no doubt that Johnny was on a loop.at loop, v.1
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 185: ‘Suppose the sausages are down,’ said Johnny, ‘shall we shoot up the place?’.at sausage, n.
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 72: He’s got the shakes! Hand’s trembling like a leaf.at shakes, the, n.
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 201: They were put on the train under two guards, neither of whom spoke English [...] ‘These sod-busters are safe,’ Starling said.at sod-buster (n.) under sod, n.4
(con. 1916) Wings (1928) 34: He was the ‘speed merchant’ of Temple and was rumoured to burn up the roads in and about the quiet community.at speed merchant (n.) under speed, n.
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 157: Mary-Louise Preston was tooling along the Champs Elysées in her truck.at tool along (v.) under tool, v.
(con. 1917–18) Wings (1928) 114: Johnny Powell’s heart gave a queer leap as he saw, for the first time in the air, the Black Cross of the Imperial Air Force on the wings of Fokkers. ‘Waco!’ [Ibid.] 141: Paris! W-a-c-o, brothers!at whacko!, excl.
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