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The Dirty War of Sergeant Slade choose

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[US] (con. WWII) L. Cameron Dirty War of Sergeant Slade (1967) 119: The guy would be chewing the carpet before he found out who the big-shot collaborator was.
at chew the carpet, v.1
[US] (con. WWII) L. Cameron Dirty War of Sergeant Slade (1967) 160: They were shooting the crap out of him with machine guns.
at crap, the, phr.
[US] (con. WWII) L. Cameron Dirty War of Sergeant Slade (1967) 114: If that stink-pot [potbellied stove] in the rear does not blow us all to kingdom come.
at stinkpot, n.
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