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Catchword for “dust-off”
Catchword: dust-off
Filed Under: , ,
Part of Speech: n.
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: Remember when we were out in the field and I couldn’t get any “D” rings for my ruck sack? And you told me if someone goes in on a dust-off to take them off their ruck? Well I did, thanks. They were on your ruck!
Author:
Mike Mancuso
Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Letter
Date of Publication:
Aug. 26, 1970
Originally published in:
Original Author:
Bernard Edelman
Original Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
Original Date Published:
May 1, 2002
Original Page Number: 195
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