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Word: looey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Generals "Lem" Shepherd and "Red Mike" Edson, Colonel "Chesty" Puller), Kentucky-born Jim Crowe started in the ranks. He was an enlisted man up to 1934, when he became a Marine gunner (warrant officer). After Pearl Harbor, he was commissioned a captain ("I was never a lousy second looey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - MARINES: Iron Man | 11/27/1944 | See Source »

...airborne commander, "Looey, dot dope," as unorthodox, red-tape-hating General Brereton is called by old Army friends, was going to have more chance to try new tricks than an air force command had ever given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy - OPERATIONS: Airborne Army | 8/21/1944 | See Source »

Straight from Kamp Devens, Private Hu Flung marched briskly into the Stadium and jostled his way into a seat. "Don't Mesereau-nd," snarled a nearby shavetail. "Yes, sir," said the Sage, musing to himself that the 2nd looey was making a mountain out of a moleHill. "Try an alkaSalzer, sir," he added flippantly. "It'll make you feel better...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HU FLUNG FLINGS 'EM | 10/24/1942 | See Source »

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