1918 H.S. Truman letter 5 Aug. in Poen Letters Home (1984) 53: They had a box-headed censor over there and I am morally certain he destroyed that [...] effort of mine.at boxheaded (adj.) under box, n.1
1918 H.S. Truman letter 4 Aug. in Poen Letters Home (1984) 52: My 194 men think right well of me and they are not going to let any Dutchman run away with me.at Dutchman, n.
1918 H.S. Truman letter 5 Aug. in Poen Letters Home (1984) 53: I’m the hard-boiled captain of a shanty Irish battery.at shanty Irish, n.
1918 H.S. Truman letter 1 Nov. in Poen Letters Home (1984) 60: If the censor opens this letter [...] I’ll be jugged or jimmied or bobtailed, to say the least.at jugged, adj.
1927 H.S. Truman letter 11 Feb. in Poen Letters Home (1984) 79: The N.O.T. is getting bigger every minute, even if we did pull a bloomer at Topeka. There’s no alibi for that, we were simply licked.at bloomer, n.2
1927 H.S. Truman letter 11 Feb. in Poen Letters Home (1984) 79: It would surprise you how well my brain pan is feeling.at brainpan (n.) under brain, n.1