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One last look : a sentimental journey to the Eighth Air Force heavy bomber bases of World War II in England choose

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[US] (con. c.1944) Kaplan & Smith One Last Look 82: Small Talk [...] Bubble and squeak.
at bubble and squeak, n.2
[US] (con. c.1944) Kaplan & Smith One Last Look 85: It was, as one pilot said, ‘a real nail-biter’.
at nail biter (n.) under bite, v.
[US] (con. c.1944) Kaplan & Smith One Last Look 89: Others elected to make a different sort of statement. Witness ‘Dog Breath’ [illus. of USAF B-17].
at dog-breath (n.) under dog, n.2
[US] (con. c.1944) Kaplan & Smith One Last Look 53: Our latrine (with running water instead of the usual ‘honey buckets’) is next door.
at honey-bucket (n.) under honey, n.1
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