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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Shop only at pawn shops, used record stores, and Army & Navy.

    hamletwildie Diary Entry hamletwildie 2004

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • He also bought a self-inflating pillow, a Wilderness sleeping bag and a pair of waterproof trousers from an Army & Navy store in Ilford.

    Evening Standard - Home 2010

  • 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."

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2010

  • 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

  • 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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