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The Three Soldiers choose

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[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers (2007) 275: I was scared green when I first saw you.
at scared green (adj.) under scare, v.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 399: Then the M.P.’s started cleanin’ up Strasburg after A.W.O.L.’s, an’ I beat it out of there.
at A.W.O.L., n.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 178: The big gun fired again. Chrisfield was near it this time and felt the concussion like a blow in the head. ‘Some baby,’ said the man behind him.
at baby, n.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 280: ‘But what about the Sorbonne?’ ‘The Sorbonne can go to Ballyhack.’.
at balahack, n.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 23: Indiana’s ma state. The tornado country . . . Git to work; here’s that bastard wop comin’ around the buildin’.
at bastard, adj.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 45: You belly-achin’ again?
at bellyache, v.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 205: ‘So you are really going,’ said Andrews. [...] ‘You bet your pants I am, Andy.’.
at bet one’s buttons (v.) under bet, v.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 🌐 n.p.: ‘I was just telling him,’ said the other, ‘to be careful as hell not to get in wrong. If ye once get in wrong in this damn army . . . it’s hell.’ ‘You bet yer life.’.
at (you) bet your life! (excl.) under bet, v.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 353: ‘I got one bird, Bill,’ said the man, shoving Andrews roughly in the door.
at bird, n.1
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 61: ‘If you fellers don’t quit yellin’, I’ll put the whole blame lot of you on K. P.’ came the sergeant’s good-natured voice.
at blame, adj.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 122: ‘Say, Stockton, why don’t you get up, you fool?’ said Fuselli. ‘You can’t buck the whole army.’.
at buck, v.2
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 326: Then they started shootin’ and a bloody bullet buggered the boike.
at bugger, v.2
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 44: A little man lying in one of the upper bunks had spoken suddenly [...] ‘That goddam kike Eisenstein,’ muttered someone. ‘Say, tie that bull outside,’ shouted Bill Grey good-naturedly.
at tie that bull outside under bull, n.6
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 246: Can’t do anything without getting a general order about it. Looks to me like it’s all bushwa.
at bushwa, n.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 🌐 n.p.: ‘Say, how did you come to bust loose?’ said Al, turning his head towards Andrews.
at bust loose (v.) under bust, v.1
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 14: The corporal likes fancy ciggies and so does the sergeant; you jus’ slip ’em each a butt now and then. May help ye to get in right with ’em.
at butt, n.1
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 399: You’re the only one that knows . . . you know what. You an’ that sergeant. Doan you say anythin’ so that the guys here kin ketch on, d’ye hear?
at catch on, v.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 61: ‘For cat’s sake quit that coughin’. Let a feller sleep,’ came a voice from the other side of the tent.
at for cat’s sake!, excl.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 41: A lot of soldiers were sitting in a ring round two tall negroes whose black faces and chests glistened like jet in the faint light. ‘Come on, Charley, give us another,’ said someone.
at charlie, n.2
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 50: When I think to myself how much folks need me home [...] I juss can’t cash in my checks.
at cash in one’s checks (v.) under check, n.1
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 2861: It’s a dog’s age since I met anyone new.
at coon’s age (n.) under coon, n.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 15: ‘It’s hell sayin’ good-by to girls,’ said Powers, understandingly. ‘Cuts a feller all up. I guess it’s better to go with coosies. Ye don’t have to say good-by to them.’.
at cooze, n.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 366: ‘Say, what d’you think the chance is o’ cuttin’ loose?’ ‘Pretty damn poor,’ said Andrews.
at cut loose, v.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 172: Gee, Ah’m kind o’ cut up ’bout that lady.
at cut up, adj.1
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 355: They don’t have that stuff down on the farm . . . School Detachment; I’ll be goddamned!
at I’ll be goddamned! (excl.) under god-damn, v.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 404: Gosh darn it, I don’t see how you can go around with a guy an’ drink with him, an’ then rob him.
at gosh-darn, v.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 326: Europe’s dead and stinkin’, Yank.
at dead, adj.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 401: We all call her the dawg-faced girl.
at dogface (n.) under dog, n.2
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 182: He remembered that Andy was crazy — a ‘yaller dog’, Judkins had called him.
at yellow dog, n.
[US] Dos Passos Three Soldiers 189: ‘Here’s an officer done for,’ said the captain, who walked ahead.
at done for, adj.
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