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‘Hurrah! For the Life of a Soldier’ in Songs for the Army 25: A fig for a man who would fag all the day.at fig, a, n.
‘Hurrah! For the Life of a Soldier’ in Songs for the Army 25: A fig for a man who would fag all the day. ‘Dover Volunteer Rev.’ in Songs for the Army 58: Some – coffee drink, some – whiskypunch – some cherry-bounce, or brandy.at cherry-bounce (n.) under cherry, n.1
‘Lieutenant O’Bosh’ in Songs for the Army 36: He pull’d out his purse [...] And asked ‘what’s the damage?’.at damage, n.
in Songs for the Army 26–28: [titles] The Knight of the Rose/ The Knight of the Shamrock/ The Knight of the Thistle.at knight of the..., n.
‘The Ninety-Ninth Hussars’ in Songs for the Army 46: Sir Lavender Silk was a pretty young man, [...] / His men, though respectful, had thoughts of their own / Which might have spoke out if they chose, / That Sir Lavender Silk had the aspect alone / Of a Lady dressed up in men’s clothes!.at lavender, adj.
‘Dover Volunteer Rev.’ Songs for the Army 58: Our General fears you’re catching cold, so bids you homeward mizzle.at mizzle, v.
‘Hurrah! For the Life of a Soldier’ in Songs for the Army 25: A fig for the man who would fag all the day [...] Earning his ‘salt’ in a hum-drumming way.at salt, n.3
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