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Flying Aces choose

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[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 He stood near the ammo shack idly smoking a cigarette.
at ammo, n.
[US] Joe Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 How do you like that for apples, you freckledfaced baboon?
at how do you like them apples?, phr.
[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 The brakes of the Yankee boiler were none too good.
at boiler, n.1
[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 He dropped out of formation and slid down toward the carpet.
at carpet, n.1
[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 They won’t be so lucky when they get thrown into a klink for twenty years.
at clink, n.1
[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 The doughs who stumbled over this treasure left the Heinie paymaster where they found him.
at doughboy, n.1
[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 Three hours later a mud-bespattered machine lurched into the drome of the Ninth Pursuit Squadron.
at drome, n.
[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 It took the combined efforts of Captain Howell [...] and a few other pilots, to keep the two from a fist fest.
at -fest, sfx
[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 You must still be gaga. Where would I git a cow?
at gaga, adj.
[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 We’ll let him get into the chateau —and then hop him!
at hop, v.1
[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 You still think I stole them marks when you hit the cow with the jilopi.
at jalopy, n.
[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 A couple of Yankee doughs [...] found a cache of Jerry marks in a deserted abri.
at Jerry, adj.
[US] Joe Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 Garrity’s outfit had knocked off three Drachen hot air weenies.
at knock off, v.
[US] Joe Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 Bump Gillis nosed in a few minutes later.
at nose in (n.) under nose, v.
[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 Sit down an’ manjay. That’s Frog language for puttin’ on the nose bag.
at put on the nosebag (v.) under nosebag, n.
[US] Joe Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 The Jerry brass hats [...] were satisfied to escape with even their skivvies.
at skivvies, n.
[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 Sneak over, will ya, ya square-headed Boche!
at squareheaded, adj.2
[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 Colonel, you did not do so good, either. You lost those doughs an’ the swag.
at swag, n.1
[US] J. Archibald ‘Crash on Delivery’ in Flying Aces Nov. 🌐 Phineas had picked himself a tartar. [...] The Boche crate seemed capable of doing as many tricks as a wasp.
at tartar, n.
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