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Back on the Deuce, wearing a wet and stained shirt in the night chill of spring, I walked right into a nearby narrow Army & Navy store.
Midnight Sister Souljah 2008
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On another sad note, back in 1978, when I was working at Army & Navy, we had this fellow working with us, Darryl Lakusta.
E.Jim Shannon E.Jim Shannon 2006
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On another sad note, back in 1978, when I was working at Army & Navy, we had this fellow working with us, Darryl Lakusta.
Archive 2006-01-01 E.Jim Shannon 2006
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Shop only at pawn shops, used record stores, and Army & Navy.
hamletwildie Diary Entry hamletwildie 2004
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And hadn't it made Jenny happy when he'd thrown away his black clodhoppers from Dave's Army & Navy and put on the Mephistos?
KILLING COUSINS ALEX MINTER 2003
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And hadn't it made Jenny happy when he'd thrown away his black clodhoppers from Dave's Army & Navy and put on the Mephistos?
KILLING COUSINS ALEX MINTER 2003
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And hadn't it made Jenny happy when he'd thrown away his black clodhoppers from Dave's Army & Navy and put on the Mephistos?
KILLING COUSINS ALEX MINTER 2003
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When Weird Uncle Fiver sold his diamond-encrusted Army & Navy Y-fronts - signed by Des Lyttle, Steve Stone and Jason Lee, and valued at £4.71 on the previous weekend's Antiques Roadshow - for 94p just so he had enough for one more pint of Daily Bread, we knew his addiction had gone too far.
The Guardian World News Barry Glendenning 2011
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He also bought a self-inflating pillow, a Wilderness sleeping bag and a pair of waterproof trousers from an Army & Navy store in Ilford.
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Arthur Buie of the Mayo Clinic said that after draft officials got over being choosy and started sending along pilonidal cyst cases, "overconscientious" Army & Navy surgeons began operating on all cysts, even uninfected "dimples."
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However it came to be, the Army & Navy—essentially a Gin Sour riff that swaps simple syrup for almond-based orgeat—was first recorded in David Embury’s 1948 book The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks.
You’ll Go Nuts for This Creamy Gin Sour Riff Editorial Process 2022
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Original recipe for an Army & Navy is 2oz Gin, 3/4oz Lemon juice, 3/4oz Orgeat syrup, 2 dashes of Angostura Bitters.
Army & Navy modified 01reksilat 2025
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