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Last Man Off Wake Island 316: The stuff the major had was inscribed with a bald-headed lie to the effect that each note was worth a half-guilder.at bald-headed, adj.
Last Man Off Wake Island 316: The stuff the major had was inscribed with a bald-headed lie to the effect that each note was worth a half-guilder. Last Man Off Wake Island 120: Our volunteer pot-walloper heated up the remainder of last night’s coffee or ‘boiler compound,’ as it was more commonly known.at boiler acid (n.) under boiler, n.1
Last Man Off Wake Island 123: The boys would come over and we’d ‘shoot the breeze’ in long bull-fests.at shoot the breeze (v.) under breeze, n.1
Last Man Off Wake Island 123: The boys would come over and we’d ‘shoot the breeze’ in long bull-fests.at bullfest (n.) under bull, n.6
Last Man Off Wake Island 197: We had the company of another vessel on the voyage to Hawaii, both of us under escort of a ‘can’ — disrespectful term for destroyer.at can, n.1
Last Man Off Wake Island 199: Material for a good gripe in that.at gripe, n.2
Last Man Off Wake Island 66: The enemy might try [...] landing machine-gun units and tommy-gun artists to knock us off in a Japanese jiffy.at gun artist (n.) under gun, n.1
Last Man Off Wake Island 300: Kerwallop on the ground.at kerswallop! (excl.) under ker-, pfx
Last Man Off Wake Island 340: On land, too, the Nippers were again shifting their weight around this area.at Nip, n.
Last Man Off Wake Island 86: Write off one Jap destroyer, Walt!at write off, v.
Last Man Off Wake Island 293: The raid simply ‘tore the rag off the bush’ so far as my lofty radio station on Pagoda Hill was concerned.at take the rag off the bush (v.) under rag, n.1
Last Man Off Wake Island 123: The boys would come over and we’d ‘shoot the breeze’ in long bull-fests.at shoot the breeze (v.) under shoot, v.
Last Man Off Wake Island 274: A sweet mess they made of our belongings.at sweet, adj.1
Last Man Off Wake Island 90: [a pilot] ‘Upsydaisy!’ cried Elrod.at upsadaisy!, excl.
Last Man Off Wake Island 241: He had told my informant that he ‘just winged a few.’.at wing, v.
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