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Life in the Ranks 43: The doors are then closed until five o’clock in the evening, from which hour the ‘boosers’ can revel away to their hearts’ content.at boozer, n.
Life in the Ranks 43: The doors are then closed until five o’clock in the evening, from which hour the ‘boosers’ can revel away to their hearts’ content. Life in the Ranks 130: The canteen is the great centre of attraction to the boosing fraternity.at boozing, n.
Life in the Ranks 140: Some of the ‘knowing blokes,’ prominent among whom will be the ‘grousers’, will [...] be ‘arguing the point,’ ‘chewing the rag’, or ‘fat’, ‘giving the old buck’.at buck, n.4
Life in the Ranks 124: Others indulge in the various diversions of whistling, singing, arguing the point, chewing the rag, or fat.at chew the fat, v.
Life in the Ranks 77: Some trivial violation of regimental discipline, such as persisting to argue the point, or ‘chew the rag’.at chew the rag, v.
Life in the Ranks 45: These native vendors entertain an idea that all British soldiers must be perpetually suffering from ‘chronic hunger’.at chronic, adj.
Life in the Ranks 123: A confirmed lover of the soothing weed [...] always appears to exhibit the most blissful and self-satisfied picture when puffing a cloud.at cloud, n.
Life in the Ranks 126: Nail wallahs are a class of dusky beings who make a living by cutting the [...] nails of any of the troops who elect to enlist their services.at dusky, adj.
Life in the Ranks 120: This select and volatile body of men is commonly designated by their more sensible and forbearing comrades as the ‘grousers’ from the fact that the chief elements of their composition seems to be made out of grumbling.at grouse, n.2
Life in the Ranks 151: Other individuals [will] enjoy a drive for a dozen or twenty miles through the country in conveyances called ‘jingling Johnnies.’ These are small, flat, light structures, which run upon two wheels [...] the native driver sitting in front to guide the single horse.at jingling johnny, n.
Life in the Ranks 67: There is a plenteous supply of straw, which enables everyone to make a pretty comfortable shakedown.at shakedown, n.
Life in the Ranks 38: Well, I’ll be shot! [...] to think I’ve come all these thousands of miles to be called a ‘slim sod’ by a pack of undersized imps of darkness.at sod, n.1
Life in the Ranks 114: The majority of men will ‘tumble up,’ and hastily folding [...] their beds, will be at once ready to turn out for parade.at tumble up (v.) under tumble, v.1
Life in the Ranks 71: This shrine of Bacchus is certainly well patronised by our ‘bright boys,’ who are hereby enabled to indulge in ‘wets’ to their hearts’ content.at wet, n.
Life in the Ranks 139: Others will call upon some of the yarn spinners to entertain them.at yarn-chopper (n.) under yarn, n.
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