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bugger that for a game of soldiers
Vrb phrs. A expression of resignation - i.e. there's no way that I'm doing that! Similar sentiments to the expression screw it. E.g."Bugger that for a game of soldiers, I dont care how safe you say it is, I'm not jumping out of a plane at 3,000 feet with or without a parachute." Cf. 'sod that for a game of soldiers'.
Toasting by clinking glasses is frowned upon as a naval superstition says that a when a glass rings it tolls the death of a sailor. However, if you stop the ring the devil will take two soldiers instead.
Part of the warrior society of some plains Indian tribes.
squid that are becoming stale and unfit for codfish bait
Term used extensively by the military in Robert O'Connors novel "Buffalo Soldiers" about US Soldiers stationed in Germany. Originates probably with the food which is a staple of southern cooking.
Joint Task Force 2. The super soldiers of the Canadian Forces.
sod this for a game of soldiers !
Exclam. I give up! There's no way that I'm continuing with this. Or sod that for a game of soldiers. Cf. 'sod this for a lark'.
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Montagnard soldiers. Pg. 523
Black soldiers of the U.S. army who fought Indians and policed the frontier in the years following the Civil War. The term was derived from the men's hair which the Indians thought resembled the fur of the buffalo. Not all of the recruits were former slaves; most were free blacks of Northern parentage and many had served with distinction during the Civil War.
fuck this for a game of soldiers!
Exclam. See sod this for a game of soldiers.
Name belonging to a tribe that killed Irish soldiers in Africa.
Means to say nothing, and avoid repercussions. This term comes from the Army, specifically the British Army. However it is often used by members of the RCN to this day. Pack-drill was a punishment given to soldiers requiring them to undertake drill in full uniform and carrying a heavy pack. "No names, no pack-drill" was used to imply that the names of those who have committed a transgression will not be mentioned in order to spare them from the awful punishment.
Describes someone who leaves the military by being forcibly released. Derived from the day when soldiers who were convicted of serious crimes were "drummed out" by an actual drummer that played a cadence while they exited in disgrace.
A military performance of music or a display of armed forces in general. The term comes from the early 17th century Dutch phrase "doe den tap toe" ("turn off the tap"), a signal sounded by drummers or trumpeters to instruct innkeepers near military garrisons to stop serving beer and for soldiers to return to their barracks. The tattoo was originally solely made up of military music, but has now evolved into more elaborate shows involving theatrics and musical performances.
Former Confederate soldiers who served in the U.S. Army in the West following the Civil War.
U.S. Army soldiers; also called "Green Berets," trained in techniques of guerrilla warfare. Pg. 520
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Soldiers, collectively; an army; -- now generally used in the plural.
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A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
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One who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.
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A box containing lighted tinder, formerly carried by soldiers who used matchlocks, to kindle the match.
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The top of the banquette, on which soldiers stand to fire over the parapet.
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The military cloak of the Roman soldiers.
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A kind of frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers were bound when undergoing corporal punishment, -- now disused.
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A vessel employed for transporting, especially for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one place to another, or to convey convicts to their destination; -- called also transport ship, transport vessel.
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A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained by poles, -- used for sheltering persons from the weather, especially soldiers in camp.
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To teach and form by practice; to educate; to exercise; to discipline; as, to train the militia to the manual exercise; to train soldiers to the use of arms.
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A small circular shield, sometimes not more than a foot in diameter, used by soldiers in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
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One of the soldiers of the first regiment of foot of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; -- now called the Royal Scots.
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In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler.
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The oath of allegiance taken by Roman soldiers; hence, a sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.
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To accustom; to habituate; to render familiar by practice; to inure; -- employed chiefly in the passive participle; as, men used to cold and hunger; soldiers used to hardships and danger.
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A body of soldiers armed with rifles.
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To clothe with a uniform; as, to uniform a company of soldiers.
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Running away; fleeing from danger, duty, restraint, etc.; as, runaway soldiers; a runaway horse.
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A circular shield carried by foot soldiers.
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An authorized habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform.
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