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[US] H.A. Wise Tales for the Marines 318: Dearful lest they would treat him to a ‘vegetable breakfast on a hearty-choke and caper sauce,’ he very prudently kept snug, out of their reach.
at hearty choke (with caper sauce), n.
[US] H.A. Wise Tales for the Marines 312: You have a chance for a pair of twenty pound iron gaiters on your shanks at Rio, for your share of the copper venture.
at iron garters (n.) under iron, adj.
[US] H.A. Wise Tales for the Marines 224: Let’s get a bite of breakfast into our lockers.
at locker, n.2
[US] H.A. Wise Tales for the Marines 353: You confounded skulk, hurry and get tea.
at skulker, n.
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