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‘The Comprehension of Private Copper’ in Traffics and Discoveries 164: ‘There were no terms made for my father.’ ‘So ’e made ’em ’imself. Useful old bird.’.at old bird, n.
‘The Comprehension of Private Copper’ in Traffics and Discoveries 164: ‘There were no terms made for my father.’ ‘So ’e made ’em ’imself. Useful old bird.’. ‘The Bonds of Discipline’ in Traffics and Discoveries 49: ‘Deviate to blazes!’ says ’Op. ‘I’m goin’ to deviate to the owner’s comfortable cabin direct.’.at blazes, n.
‘The Bonds of Discipline’ in Traffics and Discoveries 46: Tell me those hands belong to a blighted Portugee manual labourist, and I won’t call you a liar.at blighted, adj.
‘The Bonds of Discipline’ in Traffics and Discoveries 73: There’s a crowd of brass-’atted blighters there which will say I’ve been absent without leaf.at brass hat (n.) under brass, adj.1
‘The Bonds of Discipline’ in Traffics and Discoveries 72: A week o’ similar manoeuvres would ’ave knocked our moral doublebottoms bung out.at bung, adv.
‘Their Lawful Occasions’ II in Traffics and Discoveries 148: ‘Are you happy, Morgan?’ ‘Bustin’,’ said the signalman briefly.at busting (out), adj.
‘Their Lawful Occasions Pt I’ in Traffics and Discoveries 123: ‘Mr. Hinchcliffe, what’s her extreme economical radius?’ ‘Three hundred and forty knots, down to swept bunkers.’ ‘Can do,’ said Moorshed.at can do, phr.
‘The Comprehension of Private Copper’ in Traffics and Discoveries 168: You ain’t ’alf-caste, but you talk chee-chee — pukka bazar chee-chee.at chee-chee, adj.
‘The Bonds of Discipline’ in Traffics and Discoveries 58: Chip’s reserve o’ wood an’ timber, which Chips ’ad stole at our last refit, needed restowin’.at chips, n.1
‘Bonds of Discipline’ in Traffics and Discoveries 60: That’s where ’e’s comin’ the bloomin’ onjenew. ’E knows a lot, reely.at come the..., v.
‘Their Lawful Occasions Pt I’ in Traffics and Discoveries 123: ‘But if those cruisers are crocks, why does the Admiral let ’em out of Weymouth at all?’ I asked.at crock, n.2
‘Their Lawful Occasions Pt I’ in Traffics and Discoveries 119: The sooner he digs out in pursuance of Admiralty orders [...] the better pleased Commander Fasset will be.at dig out, v.
‘Their Lawful Occasions Pt II’ in Traffics and Discoveries 138: ‘Good egg!’ quoth Moorshed, and brought his hand down on the wide shoulders.at good egg!, excl.
‘The Bonds of Discipline’ in Traffics and Discoveries 69: ‘I can’t open my eyes, or I’ll be sick,’ said the Marine with appalling clearness. ‘I’m pretty far gone.’.at far gone, adj.
‘The Comprehension of Private Copper’ Traffics and Discoveries 169: Quietly filching the English weekly from under Copper’s armpit.at filch, v.1
‘The Bonds of Discipline’ in Traffics and Discoveries 53: Any flat-foot who presumed to exhibit surprise [...] would be slightly but firmly reproached.at flatfoot, n.
‘Steam Tactics’ in Traffics and Discoveries 188: I’ll protect your flanks in case this sniffin’ flea-bag is tempted beyond ’is strength.at fleabag, n.
‘Their Lawful Occasions Pt I’ in Traffics and Discoveries 126: Think o’ her Number One chasin’ the mobilised gobbies round the lower deck flats.at gobby, n.1
‘Their Lawful Occasions Pt I’ in Traffics and Discoveries 105: Disregarding the inventions of the Marine Captain, whose other name is Gubbins, let a plain statement suffice.at gubbins, n.
‘The Bonds of Discipline’ in Traffics and Discoveries 6: You are not a gun-sharp?at gun-sharp (n.) under gun, n.1
‘The Bonds of Discipline’ in Traffics and Discoveries 54: I don’t get the horrors off two glasses o’ brown sherry.at horrors, the, n.
‘The Comprehension of Private Copper’ in Traffics and Discoveries 170: Old Jerrold’s givin’ it you ’ot. You’re the uneducated ’ireling of a callous aristocracy.at hot, adv.
‘The Bonds of Discipline’ Traffics and Discoveries 52: I’ll lay you a dozen o’ liquorice an’ ink’ — it must ha’ been that new tawny port – ‘that I’ve got a ship I can trust’.at ink, n.
‘Mrs. Bathurst’ Traffics and Discoveries 352: ‘Tisn’t beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It’s just It. Some women’ll stay in a man’s memory if they once walk down a street.at it, n.1
‘The Bonds of Discipline’ in Traffics and Discoveries 50: Of course the lower deck wasn’t pleased to see a leather-neck interpretin’ a strictly maritime part.at leatherneck, n.
Traffics and Discoveries 58: Simultaneous it hits the Pusser that ’e’d better serve out mess pork for the poor matlow.at matlow, n.
‘The Bonds of Discipline’ in Traffics and Discoveries 50: When we had ship’s theatricals off Vigo, Glass ’ere played Dick Deadeye to the moral.at to a/the moral (adv.) under moral, n.1
‘The Bonds of Discipline’ Traffics and Discoveries 55: ‘What’s an admiral after all?’ ’e says. ‘Why, ’e’s only a post-captain with the pip.’.at pip, n.1
‘Their Lawful Occasions’ in Traffics and Discoveries 106: We are the Gnome, now in the Fleet Reserve at Pompey – Portsmouth, I should say.at Pompey, n.
‘The Bonds of Discipline’ in Traffics and Discoveries 45: He didn’t see why a lop-eared Portugee had to take liberties with a man-o’-war’s first cutter.at Portagee, n.
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