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[US] in E. Wilson Prelude (1967) 125: a whiz / a dinger.
at dinger, n.1
[US] in E. Wilson Prelude (1967) 125: gripe, crab.
at gripe, v.
[US] in E. Wilson Prelude (1967) 125: gut (easy) course; hop a gut.
at gut, n.
[US] in E. Wilson Prelude (1967) 125: upstage: 1919.
at upstage, v.
[US] in E. Wilson Prelude (1967) 125: a whiz / a dinger.
at whiz, n.3
[US] in E. Wilson Prelude (1967) 165: Hoy, bull [nonsense].
at hoy, n.
[US] E. Wilson ‘Death of a Soldier’ in A Prelude (1967) 193: I wouldun give a good goddam fer the Arcade!
at not give a good goddam, v.
[US] in E. Wilson Prelude (1967) 274: A kiss-ass attitude; you can kiss ass.
at kiss ass, v.
[US] in E. Wilson Prelude (1967) 274: A kiss-ass attitude.
at kiss-ass, adj.
[US] in E. Wilson Prelude (1967) 274: Haul ass! Hurry up!
at haul ass, v.
[US] in E. Wilson Prelude (1967) 274: The ass-hole of the Army.
at asshole, n.
[US] E. Wilson ‘Lieutenant Franklin’ A Prelude (1967) 243: That’s one compensation for living in Boche-land.
at Boche, n.
[US] E. Wilson ‘Lieutenant Franklin’ in Prelude (1967) 236: They ought to have put a few Americans on it and they’d have a decent road by now. But that isn’t the frog idea.
at frog, adj.
[US] E. Wilson ‘Lieutenant Franklin’ in Prelude (1967) 264: Since the frogs have been squealing about the Americans getting too intimate with the Germans, he’s been a regular little Hawkshaw – watching to see that the Americans don’t give any candy to German children.
at hawkshaw, n.
[US] E. Wilson ‘Death of a Soldier’ in A Prelude (1967) 192: All this here goddam red ink! It ain’t no good to drink!
at red ink, n.
[US] E. Wilson ‘Death of a Soldier’ A Prelude (1967) 195: Jesus Christ! they might show a little consideration.
at Jesus!, excl.
[US] E. Wilson ‘Death of a Soldier’ in A Prelude (1967) 194: Jesus Christ! I loses my own lunch right in the cracked ice-pail.
at lose, v.
[US] in E. Wilson Prelude (1967) 274: Some shit!
at shit, n.
[US] in E. Wilson Prelude (1967) 202: We had a whole shit-house full o’ fun with those girls.
at shithouse full of (n.) under shithouse, n.
[US] E. Wilson ‘Death of a Soldier’ in A Prelude (1967) 196: Sweet Jesus! Do yuh think I’m gonta stand up all night?
at sweet Jesus! (excl.) under sweet, adj.1
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