Word: messing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jackson!" Dixie had two Negro mess attendants, both conveniently named Jackson. When the Captain ordered coffee sent to his sea cabin, as he did about 20 times a day, all he had to do was shout: "Jackson...
...American tongue in check. Ignoring, for the moment, its favorite enemies (the chairborne Washington officials who "activate" plans and "implement directives") the Post asked itself last week: what is World War II doing to the language? Partially reassured by the fact that many of World War I's mess-hall words (chow, slum, goldfish, corned willie) disappeared under the influence of home cooking, the Post tried to hope for the best: "Probably G.I. will be with...
China-Burma-India Theater will be completely outfitted on the Continent, from mess kits to tanks. But this will make only a sizable dent in the enormous store of materiel...
...race at Longchamp-hoping that his bet would be returned in new money. (The trick failed.) People with servants redeemed extra money by sending their servants out with extra amounts. Finance Minister René Pleven was cheerful, but the staid old Bank of France considered the whole business a mess...
September brought new woes. Plebe Woods lived mostly in a braced position, turned all his corners sharply, rose ten minutes earlier (at 5:50) than upperclassmen and studied each evening until 10:30, sat on the front half of his chair at mess, called out the minutes before assembly, walked sentry duty, ran mes sages, carried mail. And always he stood ready to reel off the prescribed answers to upperclassmen's badgering questions...