oil, bullets, and beans
n.pl.— «Like the first war, World War II was—in Admiral Nimitz’ words—”a matter of oil, bullets and beans.”» —by Ruth S. Knowles The Greatest Gamblers , 1978. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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