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in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 83: A show of greenbacks procured a man’s discharge from the service as easy as tumbling off a log.at easy as falling off a log, adj.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 83: A show of greenbacks procured a man’s discharge from the service as easy as tumbling off a log. in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 11 Dec. 193: Bob is [...] as happy as a clam to-night.at ...a clam under happy as..., adj.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 15–16 Nov. 163: We found him a queer genius in his ideas, and in politics he beats the Dutch.at beat the Dutch, v.
Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 23 Aug. 77: Two of us [...] extracted the ‘benzine’ from his pocket.at benzine, n.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 19 Sept. 119: Yes, you bummers, we do the fighting [...] Go the rear, you ‘wormcrushers!’.at bummer, n.3
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 15 Dec. 205: Each man [...] industriously chewing the cud of bitter reflection.at chew the cud, v.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 28 Dec. 215: It would hush forever those vile home croakers who ‘knew it would be so’.at croaker, n.1
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 26 Sept. 134: He is not in the least upper crust.at upper crust, adj.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 17 Sept. 109: They ‘dipped into’ that fellow and beat him shockingly.at dip into (v.) under dip, v.2
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 19 Sept. 119: We do the fighting and leave dead cavalrymen for the ‘dough boys’ to pick up.at doughboy, n.1
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 19 Aug. 82: What we first thought was the ground itch [...] proved to our uninitiated recruits to be the genuine and unmistakeable ‘greyback’.at grayback, n.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 20 Aug. 83: A show of greenbacks procured a man’s discharge from the service as easy as tumbling off a log.at greenback, n.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 28 Dec. 215: If I could only meet ‘Johnny Reb’ at the point of the bayonet at close quarters.at Johnny Reb (n.) under johnny-, pfx
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 24 Aug. 84: I do not complain with a mean tone; I lump it all.at lump, v.1
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 18 Dec. 208: We bivouacked all day Monday on the wharves, eating flap-jacks and raising the ‘Old Nick’.at raise Ned (v.) under Ned, n.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 18 Dec. 207: We had to run like the ‘Old Nick’ to come into line.at Old Nick, n.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 17 Aug. 79: Bob gave him a pelter that knocked him down.at pelter, n.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 24 Oct. 146: Pepper [...] makes our salt horse very palatable.at salt horse (n.) under salt, n.3
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 24 Aug. 84: I lump it all, and don’t care a snap.at not care a snap (v.) under snap, n.2
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 14 Sept. 106: Our Colonel, drawled out in the usual ‘Tar-heel’ vernacular.at tarheel, adj.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 14 Sept. 106: He turned his angry face toward the elongated ‘Tar-heeler.’.at tarheel, n.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 19 Sept. 119: Yes, you bummers, we do the fighting and leave the dead cavalrymen for the ‘dough boys’ to pick up. Go the rear, you ‘wormcrushers!’.at worm-crusher (n.) under worm, n.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 4 May 253: Becoming enraged, and forgetting his orders [...] he [an Irishman] broke out into several loud ‘Bocklishes’ [sic].at ballocks!, excl.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 23 Jan. 227: For pure unadulterated demoralization, Kilkenny fighting and downright cussedness, ‘this took the cake.’.at take the cake, v.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 19 Jan. 225: Lest we ‘cave in’ on this campaign, I write just before starting.at cave, v.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 18 Jan. 224: Bob and LeRoy are frying ‘flippers’ (flap-jacks).at flipper, n.2
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 2 June 277: Danger of being gobbled by gorills.at gorill, n.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 2 Feb. 233: I would do all I could to discourage it, and even get them ‘huffy’.at huffy, adj.
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 17 Jan. 222: The company is so small that it takes what few there are left to do guard duty and nigger work.at nigger work (n.) under nigger, n.1
in Four Brothers in Blue (1978) 4 May 253: He was a short, sawed-off little Irishman, not much over five feet five inches.at sawed-off, adj.
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