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[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 287: Can it, you apple-knocker.
at apple-knocker, n.
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 194: ‘Are we gonna rest now?’ ‘In a pig’s pink pyjamas.’.
at in a pig’s arse! (excl.) under pig’s arse!, excl.
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 244: You c’n bet yer ass that’s orders to go back up agen.
at bet one’s (sweet) ass (v.) under bet, v.
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 211: That’s just propaganda put out by the German big-wigs.
at bigwig, n.
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 3: Tea and cham, cham and tea.
at cham, n.2
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 132: I told him he wuz too young to lose his cherry.
at lose one’s cherry (v.) under cherry, n.1
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 130: They’re afraid to git too close to th’ Jerries an’ too far away from the’r [...] chow cart.
at chow cart (n.) under chow, n.1
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 13: Come on, you guys, hit th’ deck, th’ day’s on!
at hit the deck (v.) under deck, n.1
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 4: An’ fizz-water costs only five francs a bottle.
at fizz, n.1
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 208: No goldbrickin’ now, mind!
at goldbricking, n.
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 48: His left hand here’s all gooey.
at gooey, adj.
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 218: You guys c’n go back an’ take a good, long rest—in a pig’s pink hind-end.
at hind, n.
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 198: Holy, jumpin’ Jesus!
at holy jumping...!, excl.
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 140: An’ the few that got underground got kicked off by machine-guns when they came out later.
at kick off, v.1
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 140: Up ahead a couple of kilos, I guess.
at kill, n.1
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 186: Got nicked—through the neck.
at nick, v.2
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 222: You might just as well scare a guy to death as kill him, an’ scare ’im pie-eyed’s what the shells do...
at pie-eyed (adj.) under pie, n.
[UK] J.B. Wharton Squad 21: We picked up two beauties [...] Oo-la-la —I’ve learned French out—out uv a sleepin’ dictionary—dat’s what dey’re called.
at sleeping dictionary (n.) under sleep, v.
[UK] (con. WWI) J.B. Wharton Squad 26: I won’t say I couldn’t use a drink right now. I’m so dry I can’t spit.
at use, v.2
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