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 466 NOTES AND QUERIES. [i2s.ix.DEc.io, 1921. DERSIE. A tailor. DOPEY. Fool ; inefficient soldier. DUCKBOARD HARRIER. | A battalion runner, or anyone employed as a messenger in the trenches. HOOK (A). A successful practitioner of the art of " dodging the column." MUD-LARK. Anyone singing in the trenches. (Trenches, 1914.) OLD BILL. Any soldier with a drooping mous- tache. ( Trenches . ) SKIPPER. Used for " Captain," as in the Navy. SNAKE-CHARMERS. Buglers. (Route march.) STRING AND GLITTER BOYS. Men detailed for guard. The " string " is the lanyard, generally confined to service on ceremonial occasions. B. MILITARY TERMS. ARMISTICK (ARMITIST). Armistice. BLUE (IN THE). Said when an attack has gone forward and has lost touch. BOBBING DRILL. Practice-aiming at targets. (Musketry training.) CAT-STABBER. Clasp-knife. (Trenches, because of splicing attachment.) COLD-MEAT TICKET. A soldier's identity disc. FIZZA. Parade. (Barrack-room.) GERMAN SAUSAGE. German observation balloon. (Trenches.) GOOSEBERRIES. A wire entanglement the shape of a gooseberry. (Trenches.) HOOKS. Spurs. Chiefly to recruits. " You've forgotten your hooks, lad ! " MAKKI. Machine gun. MOBILE (A). The Egyptian Expeditionary Force term for a march in the Sinai Desert. MOURNFUL MARIA. Syren at Dunkirk used to signal approach of long-range shell. NON-STOP. A shell that passed overhead. PIP, SQUEAK, AND WILFRED. 1914, General Ser- vice, and Victory medals. (France.) SKATES. Wire shoes issued to the infantry in Sinai and speedily condemned as worse than useless. STOCKING-SOLES ,GUN. A gun firing a high velocity shell. STUNT (p. 348, C). A raid or small attack. TUBE TRAIN. A shell producing a noise similar to that of a tube train. UNCLE CHARLIE. Marching order. (Route march.) C. MISCELLANEOUS. ALL SMART. Everything's all right. ANZAC PICKET (TO BE ON). To be " dodging the column " at the Anzac Hostel, Kantara, E. BABES (THE). Something very good. BAGS OF ROOM. Heaps of room. BAKE. Head. BAND -STAND. Cruet. (Barrack-room.} BLANKETY -BLANK. Captain's language. (Trenches.) BLINK. Stump of a cigarette. BLOW OFF THE LINE (TO). To lose. BOGEY (MAKE A). Make a mistake. BOOKA. Hungry. (India.) BREEZER (GI'S A). Give me a rest. (Trenches.) BUBBLY. Champagne. BUNG IN IT (PUT A). Shut the door. (The Army huts at Winchester.) Buss. Alone, only. " He had his coat on buss " he had only his coat on. CHOKE A MAN OFF (TO). To keep him in his place ; give him the cold shoulder. CHUCK* UP (GIVE HIM A). Give him a salute. CIRCLE ROUND. Search for. COME ON TALLY PLONK (TALLER CANDLE) ? How are you getting on ? (Comment allez-vous ?) COLD (IT'S) ENOUGH TO MAKE A JEW DROP HIS BUNDLE. It's very cold. COTTON ON (TO). To understand. CUSHY ONE IN THE BAKE. Sarcastic description of a bad head -wound. CUT THAT OUT. Stop acting the fool. (Cana- . dians.) DAG UP. Clean up. (Barrack-room.) DAMPER (HAVE A). Have a drink. DIG OUT. To tidy up generally. (Army billets in France.) DIRTY ONE (A). A bad wound ; a misfortune. DOBRA AND NIET DOBRA. Russian for " good " and " no good " [I have known a Scottish sergeant drill a squad of Russian recruits and . those words comprised his whole knowledge of the language. A. S.] DONKEYS. Transport mules. DULL THUD (A). A bad wound. A misfortune. EGGS A-COOK. Hard-boiled Egyptian eggs. EVERY CREDIT. An expression always used by the men : no one knows the meaning. Fix (ON THE WORD). Punctually. " I was there on the word, Fix." FOUR BY TWO. Army biscuits. GAFF. A concert. (France.) GAFF (A FINE). A fine show. I-I. How are you ? (Password on line of march.) JIGGER. Bicycle. (France.) JILDY. Quick, smart. " Look jildy " be quick. KAMERAD. Spoken as a sign of submission in imitation of the German prisoners. KISSWOSH. Thingummybob. LOUD ONE (A). A bad wound, a misfortune. MARK TIME ON. Retain ; hang on to. NITCHIVO. Russian equivalent to " Napoo." Used by Tommy in every way. " Nothing doing " ; " I haven't got it." Nix. Nothing ; no. " Nix on that " nothing doing. " Nix beer." (Ger. : nicht or nichts ; nix Army of the Rhine). OOJIBOO. [The hardest worked word. Signified anything, its nearest equivalent being " gadget." Once I heard this dialogue : Lorry driver : Sorry, Flight, but in the fog a fellow passed me on the wrong side and carried away my oojiboo. Flight Sergeant : That's the second side- lamp you've done in this week. A. S.] PARKY. Cold. (Trenches.) PEECHY. Presently, shortly. "I'll be there peechy." PHIZOG. Photograph. (Trenches.) PRUSSIAN GUARD. A flea. PUNG (TO). Signaller's word, meaning to go to sleep while on dxity at the telephone. PUSH THE BOAT OUT. Pay for a drink. (Canteen.) QUITE IN ORDER. Not unusual, no surprise nc<-<l be expressed. RACE-CARD. Morning Sick Report. (Kitchener's Army.) RED EYE. Rum. RITS^T A BREW. Make tea. SCOFF. Food.