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First Hundred Thousand (1918) 44: It is wonderful what Thomas can lose when he sets his mind to it. [Ibid.] The protective commotion with which we surround that shrinking sensitive plant, Mr. Thomas Atkins.at Tommy Atkins, n.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 44: It is wonderful what Thomas can lose when he sets his mind to it. [Ibid.] The protective commotion with which we surround that shrinking sensitive plant, Mr. Thomas Atkins. First Hundred Thousand (1918) 138: They’re putting away a bloomin’ Jock.at put away, v.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 113: In private life I am a beak at a public school.at beak, n.1
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 66: The beggar in the boat gets it where all mocking foes should get it — in the neck!at beggar, n.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 260: They knew that the country would soon start giving them the bird.at give someone a/the (big) bird (v.) under bird, n.2
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 289: The whole boiling lot are to be hoisted onto the parapet, with their escort.at whole boiling lot, n.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 145: The brazen-hatted strategist who drew up the operation orders. [Ibid.] 173: I will give you your first lesson in the Tactical Handling of Brass Hats.at brass hat (n.) under brass, adj.1
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 214: As yet we have received no invitation to ‘butt in’.at butt in, v.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 48: The Service Battalions simply must be led by the officers who have trained them if they are to have a chinaman’s chance when we go out.at Chinaman’s chance, n.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 101: Dam pretty girl lives in that house, old man!at damn, adv.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 260: They are a very downy collection of old gentlemen.at downy, adj.1
First Hundred Thousand (1918) vii: But yesterday, we said farewell / To plough; to pit; to dock; to mill. / For glory? Drop it!at drop it! (excl.) under drop, v.1
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 48: Even dug-outs like me are rare and valuable objects at present.at dug-out, n.1
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 298: That’s not so dusty for a start.at not so dusty (adj.) under dusty, adj.1
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 238: The hun has been rather firmly handled this afternoon [...] I think he has had an eye-opener.at eye-opener, n.1
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 238: There are no flies on our Divisional Artillery.at no flies on..., phr.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 106: The punctilious Mucklewame was still glaring severely after this unseemly ‘gagger’.at gagger, n.1
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 202: Their snipers go potting away all night, but they don’t often get anybody.at get, v.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 116: The regularity of the hours, and the absolute certainty of his future, make a man a bit groovy.at groovy, adj.1
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 235: ‘Had any more trouble from Minnie?’ ‘We had Hades from her yesterday,’ explains Blaikie.at Hades, n.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 277: The London press is [...] making a holy show of itself.at holy show, n.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 113: These girls will play the angel-of-mercy game for a week or two, and then jack up and confine their efforts to getting hold of a wounded officer.at jack up, v.1
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 277: The whole business must be perfect jam for the Boches in Berlin.at jam, n.2
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 157: A company where practically every man is addressed either as ‘Jock’ or ‘Jimmy’.at Jimmy, n.1
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 267: Not many of the boys has gotten a dose of lead-poisoning yet.at lead poisoning (n.) under lead, n.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 293: ‘He’s as sick as muck!’ comments Bobby.at as muck (adv.) under muck, n.1
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 302: Poor Bill got na-poohed by a rifle-grenade yesterday.at napoo, v.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 302: You say ‘Na pooh!’ when you push your plate away after dinner.at napoo, adj.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 5: They are a little shaky in what an actor would call their ‘patter’.at patter, n.
First Hundred Thousand (1918) 155: Never was there a more complete vindication of the policy of pegging away.at peg away (v.) under peg, v.2
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