![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom")
One Man’s War (1929) 60: It would be just like those dirty Heinies to write my name on a 77 and have me quietly bumped off.at Heinie, n.
One Man’s War (1929) 60: It would be just like those dirty Heinies to write my name on a 77 and have me quietly bumped off. One Man’s War (1929) 156: I have found an account of the Bar-le-Duc bombing raid which is whiz-bang!at whiz bang, adj.
One Man’s War (1929) 222: He bats pretty high with the folks on the British isles.at bat, v.
One Man’s War (1929) 130: Jim was ‘binjed up’. [Ibid.] 292: The cadets did get binged up to the ears and did damage the piano.at binged (adj.) under binge, v.1
One Man’s War
(1929)
183: Every time one of our boys is bounced off, she writes off from five to twenty thousand francs.at bounce, v.1
One Man’s War (1929) 221: A young officer in the British Artillery played piano [...] How he did stroke that box!at box, n.1
One Man’s War (1929) 182: Whenever we take him near a dog of any kind, the dog gets buck fever and sets up a wail like a lost soul he gets.at buck fever (n.) under buck, n.1
One Man’s War (1929) 211: I believe that the machine is a triumph. If the ‘bugs’ can be detected and overcome it will give us mastery of the air.at bug, n.4
One Man’s War (1929) 148: They’ve turned you from a snake-stomper into a cake-eater and soon you’ll be a duke or count or something.at cake-eater (n.) under cake, n.1
One Man’s War (1929) 183: Elaine is a charming person who takes care of aviators and ‘writes it on the cuff’ as we say.at on the cuff under cuff, n.2
One Man’s War (1929) 196: I was quietly shooting one Heinie’s tail full of lead, about forty or fifty others hopped me, and did I pull in my ears!at pull in one’s ears (v.) under ear, n.1
One Man’s War (1929) 190: He found himself engaged by about five Fokkers, and what a ginning they did give the poor boy!at ginning, n.
One Man’s War (1929) 168: Lufbery is a mushroom hound.at -hound, sfx
One Man’s War (1929) 191: He had to land [...] and wait for some hurry-up repairs.at hurry-up, adj.
One Man’s War (1929) 159: And the visiting Americans [...] They give me a pain.at give someone a pain in the neck (v.) under pain (in the neck), n.1
One Man’s War (1929) 186: Now we get even with the Limies.at limey, n.
One Man’s War (1929) 160: Leon was slightly miffed because I didn’t bring home a victory.at miffed, adj.
One Man’s War (1929) 131: I couldn’t be too rough with that kind of procedure, as I might break up my ship at the same time.at ship, n.1
One Man’s War (1929) 251: The dancing and singing of the gypsies goes ‘big’. (This ‘goes big’ expression is fresh from the States).at go big (v.) under big, adv.
One Man’s War (1929) 224: Would I let them send me a cheque! Bunk!at bunk!, excl.
One Man’s War (1929) 223: My new suit of civies is finished.at civvies, n.
One Man’s War (1929) 230: I thought it was time to go into action, so I squared around for a good scrap.at square off, v.1
One Man’s War (1929) 250: Day after to-morrow I go to Kerenski’s office to have him O.K. my passport.at OK, v.
One Man’s War (1929) 278: If Alexander Kerenski is the man he said he was, he will handle those babies rough; if not, they’ll put the skids under him yet.at put the skids under (v.) under skids, n.
One Man’s War (1929) 301: An Aussie flyer named McCormick and I went over to Yvonne’s place for dinner to-night.at Aussie, adj.
One Man’s War (1929) 290: Some God-awful place in southern Italy.at God-awful, adj.
One Man’s War (1929) 301: That Yvonne person is a whiz-bang.at whiz bang, n.1
One Man’s War (1929) 290: The poor bastards have no place to go.at bastard, n.
One Man’s War (1929) 307: Poor dumb-bell!at dumb-bell, n.
One Man’s War (1929) 329: Talked to two young buckos from the 95th Squadron.at bucko, n.1
load more results