单词 | i hope to spit in your mess kit |
释义 | > as lemmasI hope to spit in your mess kit b. U.S. slang (humorous). I hope to spit in your mess kit and variants: (as a mild oath) ‘beyond a doubt’, ‘certainly’, ‘I'm telling the truth’. ΚΠ 1924 Adventure 20 June 168 I hope to spit in your messkit I can! 1968 W. C. Anderson Gooney Bird 84 Ah hope to spit in yo' mess kit. They're wilder'n a Texas widow in heat. 1984 J. R. Elting et al. Dict. Soldier Talk 197/2 Among soldiers and veterans of World Wars I and II, ‘Hope to spit (or worse) in your mess kit!’ was an emphatic expression of agreement. < as lemmas |
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