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[US] Field & Stream Mar. 10: Well, sir, the Treasury's anti-gun film is pure melodrama [...] The Congressman [...] demanded that the T-Man tell all present what the intent of the movie.
at T-man, n.1
[US] Field & Stream Nov. 52/1: One of these days I’ll nail your rusty hide to the barn door.
at nail someone’s hide to the (barn) door (v.) under nail, v.
[US] Field & Stream Sept. 79: But yearend totals and all the Monday morning quarterbacking in the world do not and cannot answer the overriding and nagging question [etc].
at Monday morning quarterback, v.
[US] Field & Stream May 30/3: The most sporting aspect of salvaging road kills is that your harvest is always unexpected.
at roadkill (n.) under road, n.
[US] Field & Stream Apr. 110/1: As bad as hard-earned money that is tossed away on hunting dogs, it is the emotional investment, and attendant sappiness, that is most difficult to justify .
at sappiness (n.) under sappy, adj.
[US] Field & Stream Feb. 70: MEET MA DEUCE In 1919, John Moses Browning developed a heavy machine gun [...] designated the M2, it is very likely the most successful military weapon ever used by any armed force.
at Ma Deuce, n.
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