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The Memoirs of Two Different Soldiers choose

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[UK] (con. 1926) H.H. Godbold Memoirs of Two Different Soldiers 22: The 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment (The Yellow Bellies they were affectionately nicknamed) [...] were back in their barracks in Lincoln, England.
at yellow belly, n.
[UK] (con. 1926) H.H. Godbold Memoirs of Two Different Soldiers 23: Mother [...] helped some of the jankers wallers with food, without Dad knowing.
at jankers-wallah (n.) under jankers, n.
[UK] (con. late 1930s) H.H. Godbold Memoirs of Two Different Soldiers 39: He spent the first three days at Carchington [sic] in Bedford getting kitted out with his uniform. [...] From there to Skegness, and eight weeks’ square-bashing, which they did up and down the seafront.
at square-bashing (n.) under square, n.
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