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[US] C.W. Wills Army Life of an Illinois Soldier (1996) 37: I have four men to guard the prisoners and two orderlies to send errands for me, so I play big injun strongly.
at big Indian (n.) under Indian, n.
[US] C.W. Wills Army Life of an Illinois Soldier (1996) 172: Whenever a butternut would appear among us they would greet him with a perfect storm of shouts.
at butternut (n.) under butter, n.1
[US] C.W. Wills Army Life of an Illinois Soldier (1996) 93: Told her we’d give her a commish as chief taster.
at commish, n.
[US] C.W. Wills Army Life of an Illinois Soldier (1996) 231: They actually stole lots of trash right under the noses of the soldier owners. Out ‘jayhawking’ old jayhawk himself.
at jayhawk, v.
[US] C.W. Wills Army Life of an Illinois Soldier (1996) 309: Some puppy finally cried out ‘kraut,’ and another echoed it with ‘kraut by the barrel.’ [General Osterhaus] wheeled his horse [...] his face white with passion. ‘Vat regiment ish dis?’ [...] Yelping ‘sauer kraut’ at a German is a poor way to gain his favor.
at kraut, n.
[US] C.W. Wills Army Life of an Illinois Soldier 327: Have heard no ‘music’ today [OED].
at music, n.
[US] C.W. Wills Army Life of an Illinois Soldier (1996) 255: It occasionally gets a little old.
at old, adj.
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