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[US] Elting & Cragg Dict. of Soldier Talk 29: ‘If he doesn’t cut it out, I’m going to hit him with a blivit.’ ‘What’s a blivit?’ ‘Ten pounds of shit in a five pound bag.’.
at blivet, n.
[US] Elting, Cragg & Deal Dict. of Soldier Talk 352: Boxhead (1920–30 Navy) [...] A Swede or Norwegian.
at boxhead (n.) under box, n.1
[US] Elting, Cragg & Deal Dict. of Soldier Talk 142: Gunge [...] (Vietnam) [...] A mythical tropical disease, generally described as a venereal infection that made a man rot ‘from his genitals outward.’.
at gunge, n.1
[US] Elting, Cragg & Deal Dict. of Soldier Talk 352: Boxhead (1920–30 Navy) [...] A Swede or Norwegian.
at -head, sfx
[US] J.R. Elting et al. Soldier Talk.
at throttle-jockey, n.
[US] Elting, Cragg & Deal Dict. of Soldier Talk 363: Monkey dicks (Generally World War II; Marines)...Vienna sausage.
at monkey dick (n.) under monkey, n.
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