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Clear the Decks! choose

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[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 154: Chief bottle-washer and captain of the hold are his sub-titles.
at chief cook and bottle-washer, n.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 172: I’m going bugs sure as shootin’.
at sure as shooting under sure as..., phr.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 111: Migg’s invitation was now being answered by a pair of bronzed bean-poles.
at beanpole, n.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 104: Gad! [...] I’ll go bugs with this sort of thing!
at go bugs (v.) under bugs, adj.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 246: The natives are in cahoots with our enemies.
at in cahoots (with) under cahoots, n.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 115: He was a cracking good division officer.
at cracking, adj.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 100: Old Man will crawl your frame if he sees so much as a sailor cross it.
at crawl someone’s frame (v.) under crawl, v.2
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 87: The Exec. and Chief were only a few classes senior to Migg.
at exec, n.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 59: When little shin-digs of seamanship like a foul anchor or propeller are amusin’ to flat-feet (bluejackets) no one lends a hand to yours truly.
at flatfoot, n.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 208: Gorry, what a mess!
at gorry!, excl.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 39: Great guns, fellow.
at great guns! (excl.) under great...!, excl.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 132: You’ve dug into the guts of the blame thing.
at gut, n.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 131: ‘You poor ham,’ he laughed.
at ham, n.2
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 249: When this thug Schmidt tried to engage the boss’ daughter as a maid there’s holy heck to pay.
at hell to pay under hell, n.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 174: Got the name for being a pinch hitter [...] he gained the reputation of being able to patch up his engines.
at pinch hit, v.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 174: Got the name for being a pinch hitter [...] he gained the reputation of being able to patch up his engines.
at pinch hitter, n.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 169: The jig’s up. Everything’s gone to pot.
at jig, n.2
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 113: The flag loot was up first, sore as sox that his hoist had gone.
at loot, n.2
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 64: One man stand by on each. The rest of you in for a mug-up and dry clothes.
at mug-up, n.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 77: Take your eyes off me, you pin-headed plebe, and thin out!
at pinhead, adj.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 16: The local bush league had [...] dubbed him a tango-lizard.
at tango pirate, n.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 64: The hungry pair sat down to a spread of coffee, sea-pie, and duff.
at sea pie (n.) under sea, n.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 113: The flag loot was up first, sore as sox that his hoist had gone.
at sore as... under sore, adj.1
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 169: It would be better than this awful tightwad part I have to play now.
at tightwad, adj.
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 177: Hello, Tubbo.
at tub, n.2
[US] ‘Commander’ Clear the Decks! 174: He didn’t, you poor wheeze.
at wheeze, n.
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