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Catchword for “big voice”
Catchword: big voice
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Part of speechn.
The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.
Quotation: As they filed out of the bunker after the first attack, marines pulled off their gas masks and steadied their nerves with their first few breaths of fresh air. As one marine put it: “You know, I’m pretty p—ed at that Big Voice right now.”
Article or Document Title:
“Saddam’s first shot: Rattling the Marines”
Author:
Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes
Article, document, publication, web site:
U.S. News & World Report
Dateline:
Camp Commando, Kuwait
Date of publication:
Mar. 20, 2003
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