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[US] F. Elkins diary in Heart of a Man M.R. Elkins (1973) 10 July 41: It was black as Mooney’s goose.
at black as..., adj.
[US] F. Elkins diary in Elkins Heart of a Man (1973) 73: Cdr. Angel called air ops on the squawk box and led a rousing verse of, ‘Good Morning, Good Morning, How’d You Like to Bite My Ass!’.
at bite my ass!, excl.
[US] F. Elkins diary in Elkins Heart of a Man (1973) 17: We have a picture of the Russian tail gunner [...] giving one of our F-8 pilots the international one-finger salute, the bird.
at give someone a/the (big) bird (v.) under bird, n.2
[US] F. Elkins diary in Elkins Heart of a Man (1973) 29: ‘You’re going to explode. Eject! Eject!’ ‘Negs.’.
at neg!, excl.
[US] F. Elkins diary in Elkins Heart of a Man (1973) 17: We have a picture of the Russian tail gunner [...] giving one of our F-8 pilots the international one-finger salute, the bird.
at one-finger(ed) salute (n.) under one, adj.
[US] F. Elkins diary in Elkins Heart of a Man (1973) 42: I still had my peanut (standby) gyro.
at peanut, adj.
[US] F. Elkins diary in Elkins Heart of a Man (1973) 73: Cdr. Angel called air ops on the squawk box.
at squawk-box (n.) under squawk, n.
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