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[US] J. Broughton Thud Ridge 65: ‘Dutch got bagged,’ he announced [...] ‘they fired two Sams at him.’.
at bag, v.
[US] J. Broughton Thud Ridge 72: Unless your tactics or your people were so weak that they put you in an impossible box, they could seldom get enough advantage to attack.
at in a box under box, n.1
[US] J. Broughton Thud Ridge 100: If you tell the stupid bomb that the wind is going to be 10 knots and that is why you are releasing him pointed toward a place short of his target, the bomb can’t do doodle-doo, about it.
at doodle-do(o), n.
[US] J. Broughton Thud Ridge 76: We managed to haul our fannies out of there.
at fanny, n.1
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