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1. America First, phr. and adj. View full entry 1915
...A slogan: ‘put the interests of the U.S. first’....
2. cock-a-hoop, phr. View full entry 1529
...Phrase. to set (the) cock on (the) hoop, cock a hoop: app. to turn on the tap and let the liquor flow; hence, to drink without stint; to drink and...
3. FYI, phr., adj., and n. View full entry 1941
...For your information (typically preceding or following an explanatory statement)....
4. heart of grace, phr. View full entry 1530
...in phrase to take heart of grace, heart a grace, to pluck up courage. Cf. take heartheart49....
5. rim ram ruff, phr. and n. View full entry c1405
...Used by Chaucer to evoke the effect of medieval alliterative verse. Cf. raffObs.rare....
6. snafu, phr., adj., and n. View full entry 1941
...Used acronymically (often with an explanation) as an expression conveying the common soldier's laconic acceptance of the disorder of war and the ineptitude of his superiors....
