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Regiment 25 July 263/1: Ex- Sergeant-Majors and Colour-sergeants are acting in such capacities as tram drivers, and park-keepers, even selling fly-papers (‘catch ‘em alive ’O’).at catch ’em (all) alive-o, n.
Regiment 25 July 263/1: Ex- Sergeant-Majors and Colour-sergeants are acting in such capacities as tram drivers, and park-keepers, even selling fly-papers (‘catch ‘em alive ’O’). Regiment 27 June 203/3: ‘Why did you not obey the order?’ asked the Commanding Officer. ‘Well, sir,’ replied the recruit, ‘I thought the Sergeant was stringing me’ .at string (along), v.
Regiment 13 June 168/3: The ‘Rock’ a Century Ago [...] There were two kinds of beverage in fashion —‘black strap’—a rough Catalonian wine of some body, and a sweet, druggy, Malaga white wine ; the junction of these was poetically denominated ‘thunder and lightning’.at thunder and lightning, n.
Regiment 30 May 134/1: [of Brazilian soldiers] The introduction of most of these quasi-animals into the army is made from the prisons where they pose, or repose, as thieves and murderers.at animal, n.1
‘Army Slang’ in Regiment 11 Apr. 31/1: The guard-room (prisoners’ room) is [...] the ‘net,’ ‘trap,’ ‘clink,’ ‘dust-hole,’ ‘cage,’ ‘digger,’ ‘dog’s-home, ’ ‘marble-arch’.at marble arch, n.1
Regiment 9 May 86/1: [I]t is possible to [...] help Thomas Atkins to get a crust when he shall have cast off the mantle of soldiering.at Tommy Atkins, n.
Regiment 22 Aug. 320/1: [headline] ‘t.a.’ on the grumble [...] The charge for grocery rations (i.e., potatoes, tea, etc.) to ‘T. A.’ is a good grumble, and one which, if removed, would be hailed with delight. ‘T.A.’ is promised a certain amount but never gets it.at Tommy Atkins, n.
Regiment 25 Apr. 61/2: A hospital ward [...] is looked upon by ‘Mr. Atkins’ as the abode of ‘scrimshankers’ and schemers [...] Yes, friend ‘Atkins’ if you have cut your finger or blistered your heel you may treat yourself with some hope of success.at atkins, n.
Regiment 25 Apr. Navasl Supp. iii/3: Here’s a jolly Jack Tar, come ashore for the day, / [...] / With his ‘Shiver my timbers!’ ‘Avast!’ and ‘Belay!’ / And other strange things which these naval men say.at avast!, excl.
‘Army Slang’ in Regiment 11 Apr. 31/2: A private who is argumentative [...] is a ‘barrack room lawyer’ [...] and who, if the caution ‘not to give old smash’ or ‘back chat’ remain unheeded, will probably spend the night in the guard room.at backchat, v.
Regiment 22 Aug. 318/3: [T]he starter [...] has a trying time indeed, for no amount of ‘bat’ (talk or language), mild or severe, will make them [i.e. native servants] keep in line or ‘toe the mark’ .at bat, n.4
Regiment 4 July 211/3: ‘Begor,’ says Pat, ‘sure I'll wait till after the trial, and if yez convict me, why, I'll challenge every mother’s son of ye’.at begorra!, excl.
Regiment 2 May 68/1: ‘Shot! and, be Jabers, the gun with it’.at bejabers!, excl.
Regiment 8 Aug. 293/2: My husband [...] was duly appointed an assistant in the regimental school. This ‘billet’ carried with it sixpence a day ‘extra duty pay’.at billet, n.
Regiment 18 Apr. 42/1: [of an Indian] Says the blackie, ‘There’s a tiger on top of yonder hill, / He ate my biggest buffalo—plase [sic] Sahib come an’ kill’.at blackie (n.) under black, adj.
Regiment 13 June 168/3: There were two kinds of beyerage in fashion —‘black strap’—a rough Catalonian wine of some body, and a sweet, druggy, Malaga white wine ; the junction of these was poetically denominated ‘thunder and lightning’.at black strap (n.) under black, adj.
Regiment 9 May 88/3: American nicknames for soldiers : ‘Old Blowhard,’ ‘Old Jack,’ ‘Rusty Nail’ ‘Pewter Foot,’ ‘Old Hickory’.at blowhard, n.1
Regiment 19 Sept. 368/2: [T]he vendors of ‘Blue Ruin’ are but seldom asked to cater for Britain’s Warriors.at blue ruin (n.) under blue, adj.1
Regiment 27 June 203/3: ‘[H]e thought the Sergeant was having him on a bit of toast, “boiling him,” as the men call it, sir’.at boil, v.
‘Army Slang’ in Regiment 8 Aug. 293/3: Staid old soldiers, many of whom had been ‘on the tack’ [...] ‘broke out’ and got ‘gloriously’ drunk.at break out, v.
Regiment 12 Sept. 359/3: [A] civilian can engage the services of a cobbler to perform exactly the same reconstruction of brogans for 2s. 6d.at brogan, n.
Regiment 22 Aug. 318/2: ‘’it ’im, ’it ’im; he’s a bad’un—a real Brummagem’.at Brummagem, n.
Regiment 5 Sept. 342: [cartoon caption] He buzzed the whole lot at his head.at buzz, v.3
‘Army Slang’ in Regiment 11 Apr. 31/1: The guard-room (prisoners’ room) is [...] the ‘net,’ ‘trap,’ ‘clink,’ ‘dust-hole,’ ‘cage,’ ‘digger,’ ‘dog’s-home, ’ ‘marble-arch’.at cage, n.
Regiment 8 Aug. 284: [cartoon caption] Lieutenants Cakehead, Mash and Flurrop have been wiling away the hours aflter mess by tying old Major Fizzletop’s spurs together under the table.at cake, n.1
‘Army Slang’ in Regiment 11 Apr. 31/1: [S]hirts are ‘grey-backs’ [...] and boots are ‘cases’’.at cases, n.
Regiment 20 June 180/3: ‘Sure, I'd be after catching him one in the oi, sorr’.at catch, v.1
‘Army Slang’ in Regiment 11 Apr. 31/2: ‘[C]hancing it,’ or ‘chancing his arm,’ is literally, risking his badges or stripes contained thereon. ‘Chancing his mit,’ or ‘sacks,’ are [...] synonymous.at chance it (v.) under chance, v.
‘Army Slang’ in Regiment 11 Apr. 31/2: A lie, or a liar, is known as a ‘chancer’.at chancer, n.
‘Army Slang’ in Regiment 11 Apr. 31/2: A private who is argumentative [...] is a ‘barrack room lawyer’ [...] and is said to ‘chew the fat’ or ‘the rag’.at chew the fat, v.
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