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War Letters of a Disbanded Volunteer choose

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[US] J. Barber War Letters of a Disbanded Volunteer 132: I am afeard you will regaird me as little better'n a bag of wind in makin wot may seem to be vane pursenal illushins to myself, but I asshoor you I am not puft up in the leest.
at bag of wind (n.) under bag, n.1
[US] J. Barber War Letters of a Disbanded Volunteer 87: The hurry-up-your-cakes fackshin hes wunst more opend its saft-shell battrees agen the administrashin.
at hurry up the cakes (v.) under cake, n.1
[US] J. Barber War Letters of a Disbanded Volunteer 242: I feel riled and put by to think that my illustrus frend should be held up to public contemp as a foo-foo.
at foo-foo, n.
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