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(con. 1917) Soldier Bill 48: That was the kind of baloney they fed the people in the states and gradually they began to believe it.at baloney, n.
(con. 1917) Soldier Bill 48: That was the kind of baloney they fed the people in the states and gradually they began to believe it. Soldier Bill 40: If a bean like this fellow went to heaven, Bill was satisfied to go to the other place.at bean, n.2
(con. 1918) Soldier Bill 93: The bone-headed stunts pulled by some of the officers in charge.at boneheaded, adj.
(con. 1918) Soldier Bill 112: Someone else will chisel in and make it appear, they saved the day.at chisel, v.
(con. 1914) Soldier Bill 17: The next day he was rather dopey at drilling and the sergeant crawled all over him.at crawl someone’s collar (v.) under crawl, v.2
(con. 1914) Soldier Bill 11: Bill learned at his first meal that [...] ‘deep sea’ meant stew.at deep sea, n.
(con. 1914) Soldier Bill 20: The street car conductor did not say much, except to make some remark about dope-heads.at dopehead (n.) under dope, n.2
(con. 1914) Soldier Bill 17: The next day he was rather dopey.at dopey, adj.1
(con. 1914) Soldier Bill 16: She gave Bill the ‘glad eyes’, and he thought, ‘This is sure luck for me’.at give someone the eye (v.) under eye, n.
(con. 1918) Soldier Bill 52: Several times he leaned over the railing and ‘fed the fish’.at feed the fishes (v.) under feed, v.
(con. 1918) Soldier Bill 52: Bill [...] went over to the garbage can and ‘let her go’.at let her go (Gallagher), v.
(con. 1917) Soldier Bill 41: They would not do their share, but if there was any gravy to be handed out, then they were always around looking for something easy.at gravy, n.
(con. 1914) Soldier Bill 11: Bill learned at his first meal that [...] ‘hash with overcoats’ meant meat balls with pie crust around them.at hash, n.1
(con. 1918) Soldier Bill 96: When the Americans bought anything from the French it was always for cash and when the French bought anything from the Americans, it was army ‘jawbone’.at jawbone, v.
(con. 1917) Soldier Bill 46: The old penny dances hall had progressed into the nickel dance hall – or the jitney wrestle.at jitney, adj.
(con. 1914) Soldier Bill 31: ‘Say, Jim, I can’t get a kick out of this stuff.’ Jim replied, ‘Well, Mike then we better get the “white mule” out, I think that will give us a kick.’.at kick, n.5
(con. 1914) Soldier Bill 11: ‘Hash with overcoats,’ meant meat balls with pie crust around them.at overcoat, n.
(con. 1917) Soldier Bill 45: The young fellows joining the army nowadays can take the girls away from us plugs; there is something wrong with us.at plug, n.3
(con. 1914) Soldier Bill 11: Bill learned at his first meal that ‘java’ meant coffee and ‘punk’, bread.at punk, n.3
(con. 1914) Soldier Bill 13: Bill [...] bought a few drinks of rotgut and some beer which braced him up.at rotgut, n.
(con. 1917) Soldier Bill 47: They did not have anybody to scare up their girls for them.at scare up (v.) under scare, v.
(con. 1917) Soldier Bill 45: Don’t call the girls ‘sister’, these girls are refined and do not want to be called sister.at sister, n.
(con. 1914) Soldier Bill 11: Bill learned at his first meal that [...] ‘slum’ meant a thick meat stew.at slum, n.4
(con. 1918) Soldier Bill 124: The British are not so snappy as the Americans when it comes to close order drill and parades.at snappy, adj.
(con. 1918) Soldier Bill 125: English ales run well over ten percent and a person wants to be careful not to drink too much as it can easily ‘put you under.’.at put someone under the table (v.) under under the table, adj.
(con. 1918) Soldier Bill 125: English ales run well over ten percent and a person wants to be careful not to drink too much as it can easily ‘put you under.’.at under, adj.
(con. 1914) Soldier Bill 31: ‘Say, Jim, I can’t get a kick out of this stuff.’ Jim replied, ‘Well, Mike then we better get the “white mule” out, I think that will give us a kick.’.at white mule (n.) under white, adj.
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