1917 G. Bowerman diary 16 Oct. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 36: Did one of the hated ‘aristos’ crouch in terror in one of these dark corners.at aristo, n.
1917 G. Bowerman diary 16 Aug. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 10: I [...] can now yell out ‘four bells’ with the best of ’em.at bell, n.1
1917 G. Bowerman diary 6 Mar. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 18: We receive our pay 184 francs for a ‘buck’.at buck, n.3
1917 G. Bowerman diary 26 Aug. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 16: Say bud what’s your name?at bud, n.1
1917 G. Bowerman diary 23 Nov. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 49: She was a darned good bus. But Fiats are too heavy & burn too much gas.at bus, n.2
1917 G. Bowerman diary 1 Oct. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 25: We were so completely fagged out [...] I was never so done up.at done up, adj.1
1917 G. Bowerman diary 6 Oct. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 27: It wasn’t exactly a ‘gravy’ job.at gravy, adj.
1917 G. Bowerman diary 9 Oct. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 31: Oh you green horns!at greenhorn, n.
1917 G. Bowerman diary 18 Sept. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 20: All the Fords are ready to roll.at roll, v.
1917 G. Bowerman diary 6 Oct. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 27: As usual I get ‘stung’ and spend the whole day unloading wooden barrack sections from a freight car.at stung, adj.1
1917 G. Bowerman diary 19 Aug. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 11: A careful listener could compile quite a history of this attack [...] and ‘sub’ attacks.at sub, n.1
1917 G. Bowerman diary 19 Oct. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 38: I employ my time washing and greasing my old tub.at tub, n.1
1917 G. Bowerman diary 15 Sept. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 19: Went to a very good concert at the ‘Y.’.at Y, n.
1918 G. Bowerman diary 6 Mar. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 70: They told us that some gas shells had just fallen in the road ahead so we put our masks on and gave Lizzie the gun.at gun, n.1
1918 G. Bowerman diary 13 Sept. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 19: If you men had done this ten weeks later yewed have caught H-E-double L!at catch hell (v.) under hell, n.
1918 G. Bowerman diary 8 July in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 112: I [...] am now waiting for Hub to ransack the medicine chest to see what new kind of medicine he can discover. I imagine I will be OK in a day or so if I take his junk & go to bed.at junk, n.1
1918 G. Bowerman diary 5 May in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 80: We saw some real honest to goodness American girls and they looked like a million dollars.at look (like) a million dollars (v.) under million, n.
1918 G. Bowerman diary 24 June in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 106: I was still awake when ‘Pop’ Campbell came down.at pop, n.3
1918 G. Bowerman diary 5 Mar. in Carnes Compensations of War (1983) 69: By way of diversion we started up the ‘vic’ and I began some interpretive dancing to amuse the boys.at Vic, n.