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Heaven and Hell choose

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[US] (con. WWII) F.I. Gwaltney Heaven and Hell 53: I heard the shave-and-a-haircut signal from an outpost machine gun.
at shave-and-a-haircut, n.
[US] (con. WWII) F.I. Gwaltney Heaven and Hell 232: Grimes [...] gave the new muck-up a chewing up.
at chew up, v.
[US] (con. WWII) F.I. Gwaltney Heaven and Hell 58: Holding the dog tags aloft, Grimes suddenly grinned.
at dog tag (n.) under dog, n.2
[US] (con. WWII) F.I. Gwaltney Heaven and Hell 2321: Miles must’ve been more of a saphead in those days.
at sap-head, n.
[US] (con. WWII) F.I. Gwaltney Heaven and Hell 52: I made a gesture of zipping up my mouth and Wille passed back a no-talking order.
at zip one’s lip, v.
[US] (con. WWII) F.I. Gwaltney Heaven and Hell 231: Grimes got sent to a muck-up company.
at muck-up, n.
[US] (con. WWII) F.I. Gwaltney Heaven and Hell 20: I’d pile out of this jeep.
at pile, v.
[US] (con. WWII) F.I. Gwaltney Heaven and Hell 64: That snaggle-toothed little devil.
at snaggle-tooth, n.
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