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Word: bivouack (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...regularly visits the wounded at hospitals, talking to them in his Virginia drawl with a pipe clenched between his teeth, which produces such Pullerisms as "biz-ouack" for bivouack, "Nitmitz" for Nimitz. Before an attack he spends days with his men encouraging them and carefully inspecting their weapons. They will follow him to hell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MARINES,OCCUPATION,SUPPLY: Man of War | 10/9/1944 | See Source »

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