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[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts xv: He is bow-legged and broad-beamed (for which the crew would substitute ‘lard-assed’).
at lard-assed, adj.
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 218: You know how he batted his head to get off of here?
at bat oneself out (v.) under bat, v.
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 59: The last time I was there, that was a year ago, man, I found a fine little beast. Cutest little doll you ever saw, blonde, a beautiful figure, really a beautiful girl.
at beast, n.
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 8: He’s sitting up there now chortling and having a big time!
at big time, n.1
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 93: ‘Secure the special sea detail,’ was blatted over the P.A. system.
at blat, v.
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 54: I went in with a hundred and I dropped that. I borrowed fifty [...] I came back a little, but then I dropped that too.
at drop, v.2
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 47: You’ve got holes in your head if you get rid of the only dose of clap.
at hole in one’s head, n.
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 204: Denowsky stood accused of urinating in the crock of jungle juice.
at jungle juice, n.
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 87: Look who’s talking! The sack-king himself!
at -king, sfx
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 87: Mooch! — all the bastard does is mooch [...] He’s the penny-pinchingest, moochingest bastard I ever knew!
at mooch, v.
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 43: You have something a million guys would give their left leg to have.
at give one’s left nut (v.) under nuts, n.2
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 134: That whiskey they make [...] is really panther-piss.
at panther piss, n.
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 84: Screw you, you silly bastard.
at screw you! (excl.) under screw, v.
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 125: What a miserable screwing outfit! [...] What a miserable screwing life!
at screwing, adj.
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 150: Booksie, were you shacked up with her?
at shack up (with), v.
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 8: That miserable bastard had a chance to get a really good movie [...] and he took this damn shoot-em-up!
at shoot-’em-up (n.) under shoot, v.
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 7: It now contained a soiled skivvy shirt.
at skivvies, n.
[US] T. Heggen Mister Roberts 85: Billings streaked for the room.
at streak, v.
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