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Mister Roberts choose

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[US] Heggen & Logan Mister Roberts 430: You’ve been getting pretty smart playing grab-ass with Roberts here [...] but now you’ve gone too far.
at play grab-ass (v.) under grab-ass, n.
[US] Heggen & Logan Mister Roberts I i: We gotta get these guys ashore! They’re going Asiatic!
at asiatic, adj.
[US] Heggen & Logan Mister Roberts I i: Hey, she’s got the same color bathrobe as that stupid bag taking the shampoo!
at bag, n.1
[US] Heggen & Logan Mister Roberts Ii i: Well, there goes the liberty. That was sure a wham-bam-thank you ma’am!
at wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am, phr.
[US] Heggen & Logan Mister Roberts II v: roberts: Why, what Dolan said—one of my letters turned up . . . doc: Bat crap!
at bat crap! (excl.) under bat, n.1
[US] Heggen & Logan Mister Roberts I i: Why didn’t you break me out?
at break out, v.
[US] Heggen & Logan Mister Roberts I i: You’re stuck on this old bucket.
at bucket, n.
[US] Heggen & Logan Mister Roberts II v: They’re landing planes at Okinawa and that’s where my can is.
at can, n.1
[US] Heggen & Logan Mister Roberts I ii: I thought that [an opinion] over and I’ve decided that’s just a crock, Doug.
at crock, n.1
[US] Heggen & Logan Mister Roberts I i: The two moochingest, no-good loud-mouths on the ship!
at mooching, adj.
[US] Heggen & Logan Mister Roberts I i: Why, you slimy, lying son-of-a-bitch!
at slimy, adj.
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