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Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 27: The traditional cry ‘Show a leg’ derives from the sexually permissive eighteenth century when sailors were allowed to cohabit with women between decks.at show a leg!, excl.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 27: The traditional cry ‘Show a leg’ derives from the sexually permissive eighteenth century when sailors were allowed to cohabit with women between decks. Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 107: On returning to Chatham I wrote a fulsome bread-and-butter letter to her.at bread and butter letter (n.) under bread-and-butter, adj.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 67: You’re an arse-bandit what acts like ’e was a brown ’atter.at arse bandit, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 45: It was possible [...] to spend the Godbothering hour in the back room of a friendly pub.at God-bothering, adj.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 67: You’re an arse-bandit what acts like ’e was a brown ’atter.at brown-hatter, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 12: [H]er fondness for [...] the theatrical atmosphere added to her circle a number of visiting firewomen all as camp as Chloe.at camp as Chloe (adj.) under camp, adj.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 191: I couldn’t go for a man half-canned.at half-canned (adj.) under canned, adj.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 68: My closet queen made no effort to arrange another meeting.at closet-queen (n.) under closet, adj.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 49: I’d been spoilt, softened by months of cushiness and tolerated skiving.at cushiness, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 43: I felt quite a dog. Two girls, one on each arm.at dog, n.2
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 27: The hairless leg of a doxy extending sleepily over the edge of a hammock.at doxy, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 12: A rather gloomy wren Galley Rating passed us our eating irons.at eating irons, n.
(ref. to 1940s) Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 97: Crabs [...] were referred to by such synonyms as ‘fanny rats’, ‘minge mice’, ‘mobilized blackheads’ and ‘mechanized dandruff’.at fanny rat (n.) under fanny, n.1
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 153: Most of the ratings were ‘flakers’ in the lavatory.at flakers, adj.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 180: A chance to hand him over to the naval police for yet another spell in the glasshouse.at glasshouse, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 120: I was woken by the tannoy telling me to rise and shine and suggesting we all took our hands off our cocks and transferred them to our socks.at hands off (your) cocks, feet in (your) socks under hand, n.1
(ref. to 1940s) Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 25: ‘Jerry’s late tonight.’ people would say almost affectionately.at Jerry, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 68: I had the mild jitters.at jitters, the, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 138: Alcohol in Gibraltar is liable to be of an explosive nature [...] The local ‘jungle juice’ and ‘merry-merry’ should be avoided.at jungle juice, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 45: We also did a lot of skiving and sat for hours at a time drinking ki (naval cocoa).at ki, n.1
(ref. to 1940s) Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 97: Crabs [...] were referred to by such synonyms as ‘fanny rats’, ‘minge mice’, ‘mobilized blackheads’ and ‘mechanized dandruff’.at minge mouse (n.) under minge, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 69: His nails were, as my mother said, ‘in mourning’.at in mourning under mourning, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 118: Next day we awoke with splitting headaches and mouths like turkish wrestlers’ jockstraps.at have a mouth like a (Turkish) wrestler’s jockstrap (v.) under mouth, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 45: I suspected that [...] she was saving herself for Lieutenant Right.at Mr Right, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 37: Leeds, a wide-open city with enough tarts and drunkenness to earn itself one of those ‘revealing’ articles in the News of the World.at wide-open, adj.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 29: Here, however, among my fellow pen-pushers [...] the exercise lacked all realism.at pen-pusher, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 15: On the whole contact with the Upper deck remained minimal. Collectively we referred to them as ‘the pigs’.at pig, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 54: Ma allowed herself the luxury of a discreet fart and pa Watt, following in her wake, asked if she’d ‘pooped’.at poop, v.2
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 147: The Captain [...] went booming on about destroyers during ‘the first show’.at show, n.
Rum, Bum and Concertina (1978) 24: We were told that [...] we would be staying at Skegness for up to five weeks more to do intensive square-bashing.at square-bashing (n.) under square, n.
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