1917 A.C. Huber Diary of a Doughboy 🌐 We reached Afton, Oklahoma at dusk and were eating ‘mess’ as we stopped there for a few moments.at mess, n.2
1918 A.C. Huber Diary of a Doughboy 7 May 🌐 Spent the evening watching the boys play ‘African Golf’.at African golf (n.) under African, adj.
1918 A.C. Huber Diary of a Doughboy 21 Sept. 🌐 Sergt. Neville in charge of our platoon, was all ‘vin-blanced’ up and becoming rather excited, rushed us into the dugouts.at vin-blanced (adj.) under vin blong, n.
1918 A.C. Huber Diary of a Doughboy 19 Sept. 🌐 And I’m not singing the ‘Blues’ either, for it’s a actual fact for I feel like my stomach is touching my backbone.at sing the blues (v.) under blues, n.1
1918 A.C. Huber Diary of a Doughboy 4 Sept. 🌐 The little chicken-coop box cars with their signs ‘40 Hommes and 8 Chevaux,’ looked more like a cattle train.at chicken coop (n.) under chicken, n.
1918 A.C. Huber Diary of a Doughboy 22 Sept. 🌐 ‘Old Fritz’ is in for a merry time, and shortly too.at Fritz, n.
1918 A.C. Huber Diary of a Doughboy 22 Sept. 🌐 ‘Old Fritz’ is in for a merry time, and shortly too.at merry, adj.
1918 A.C. Huber Diary of a Doughboy 4 Sept. 🌐 I had to shove some dirty brute’s hob-nail shoes out of my face where he had parked them.at park, v.
1918 A.C. Huber Diary of a Doughboy 11 Oct. 🌐 The ornery inexperienced pill slingers!at pill-shooter (n.) under pill, n.
1918 A.C. Huber Diary of a Doughboy 25 Sept. 🌐 He told me he was ‘going over the river’ early in the morning. I would not believe him but we found him in a shell hole [...] with a machine gun bullet hole squarely between the eyes.at go across the river (v.) under river, n.
1918 A.C. Huber Diary of a Doughboy 19 Sept. 🌐 And I’m not singing the ‘Blues’ either, for it’s a actual fact for I feel like my stomach is touching my backbone.at my stomach is hitting/touching my backbone under stomach, n.