ack emma n.
a.m.; in ext. use, the morning.
People’s Pop. Mthly (IA) 1 Feb. n.p.: A. M. or P. M.—the ‘ack emma’ or ‘pip emma’ of the [British] army signallers. | ||
Carrying On 135: He [i.e. the signaller] salutes the rosy dawn as ‘Ak Emma,’ and eventide as ‘Pip Emma.’. | ||
‘Over There’ with the Australians 234: Lying snugly in a car wrapped in many blankets, and only disturbed by [...] the nurse rousing me at six ‘ack emma’ (A. M.) to have my face and hands washed. | ||
in Le Slang. | ||
A Rope of Sand (1947) 127: You haven’t watched bushes at two and three ack emma. | ||
Mating Season 35: Wading in the Trafalgar Square fountain at five ack emma this morning. | ||
I’m a Jack, All Right 21: Get yourselves back here on the dot of eight ack emma on the seventeenth. | ||
Guardian Office 16 Dec. 8: Referring to [...] times as Ack Emma and Pip Emma (am and pm). |