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Carrying On – After The First Hundred Thousand choose

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[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 135: He [i.e. the signaller] salutes the rosy dawn as ‘Ak Emma,’ and eventide as ‘Pip Emma.’.
at ack emma, n.
[Scot] in ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On in DSUE (1984).
at anarchists, n.
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 62: Its no a thing tae argie-bargie aboot.
at argy-bargy, v.
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 5: Ayling has departed [...] and rumour says he is leading a sort of Pooh Bah existence at Brigade Headqurters.
at pooh-bah, n.
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 155: How does one choke off a tripe-merchant of this type?
at choke off, v.
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 176: You shall have first chop at the Victoria crosses.
at chop, n.1
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 250: Aht with it! [...] Cough it up, duckie!
at cough up, v.
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 223: The second [wound] gave me such a stiff leg that I am only an old crock now.
at crock, n.2
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 38: ‘Cooshie’ is the least word here. That and ‘crump.’.
at cushy, adj.
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 190: You won’t have to doss down in the cemetery itself.
at doss down (v.) under doss, v.
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 135: He [i.e. the signaller] salutes the rosy dawn as ‘Ak Emma,’ and eventide as ‘Pip Emma.’.
at pip emma, n.
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 184: As he rolled into his ‘flea-bag’ that night.
at fleabag, n.
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 5: Ogg and Hogg [...] have gone to the happy hunting-grounds.
at happy hunting grounds (n.) under happy, adj.
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 306: ‘The other fellows out there have got to go on sticking it out [...].’ ‘And by God [...] what stickers they are.’.
at stick it out (v.) under stick it, v.
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 196: These people [...] always dislike giving up their lofts [...] However, the old boy must lump it.
at lump, v.1
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 75: Somebody in this gallery is going to be blown up [...] and if you and I don’t get a move on, p.d.q., it will be us!
at p.d.q., phr.
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 183: [They] allow themselves to be used as stalking-horses for low-down political ramps.
at ramp, n.2
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 41: They [i.e. dug-outs] haven’t been occupied for some months, so you may find them, a bit ratty.
at ratty, adj.
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 16: Both visitors broke into a joyous chant of ‘Russky! Russky!’ They were escaped Russian prisoners.
at Russki, n.
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 306: ‘The other fellows out there have got to go on sticking it out [...]’ ‘And by God [...] what stickers they are.’.
at sticker, n.1
[Scot] ‘Ian Hay’ Carrying On 155: How does one choke off a tripe-merchant of this type?
at tripe merchant (n.) under tripe, n.2
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