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They Dug a Hole choose

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[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 70: It shook me too when I heard. But that’s the army all over, arse about face.
at arse about face under arse, n.
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 13: The Irish sense of humour can be more than a little exasperating at times. And so it goes on. The everlasting bickering between old sweat and red arse!
at red ass, n.
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 72: ‘Sniping my Aunt Sally!’ he snaps.
at my aunt! (excl.) under aunt, n.
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 115: ‘Don’t tell me a few S.S. men are after getting you down.’ ‘Getting me down, my bollocks!’ snapped Blunderbank.
at ballocks!, excl.
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 8: In the Brigade of Guards [...] we have a language of our own, referring to this harmless, if at times extremely irritating, practice of ‘blackguarding’, or ‘taking the piss out of’ one’s fellows.
at blackguard, v.
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 54: Why should they tell us a cakey bar like that if we’re in the Med?
at cakey, adj.
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 89: Where’s Ginger? [...] He hasn’t gone after parts for that old Jerry truck, missing a dead-on fatigue like this?
at dead on, adj.
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 39: It’s going to be dog rough, you know.
at dog, adv.
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 83: Our sergeant is no effing bon.
at effing, adj.
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 66: Why Muller doesn’t give up I don’t know. He must have fluffed by now he’s licked.
at fluff, v.2
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 8: Fluff to yourself, boy! We’re going on active tack.
at fluff, n.1
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 63: I was just after thinking about those Froggies.
at Froggie, n.
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 38: He knows he’s f----d an’ arl.
at fucked, adj.1
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 38: That’s where the likes of us gobshites is definitely better off.
at gobshite, n.
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 39: What’s the word in French for walk? Holy J., we’ll have to be after making signs.
at holy hell! (excl.) under holy...!, excl.
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 8: In the Brigade of Guards [...] we have a language of our own, referring to this harmless, if at times extremely irritating, practice of ‘blackguarding’, or ‘taking the piss out of’ one’s fellows.
at take the piss (out of) (v.) under piss, the, phr.
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 75: Those shagging Taffies in the next field were laying out theirs with a tape.
at shagging, adj.
[UK] R. Grinstead They Dug a Hole 8: Do you think we’re really across the wawter? [sic] Do you?
at water, the, n.
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