A Dictionary of RAF Slang
Author : Eric Partridge
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Page : pages
File Size : 31,82 MB
Release : 1945
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Author : Eric Partridge
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Page : pages
File Size : 31,82 MB
Release : 1945
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Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,12 MB
Release : 2017-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1405930594
The perfect stocking filler for anyone who imagines themselves flying a spitfire . . . Drop your visiting cards, put aside your beer-lever, stop being a half-pint hero and discover the gloriously funny slang which was part of everyday life in two world wars. Passion-killers: Airwomen's service knickers, whether twilights (the lighter, summer-weight variety) or black-outs (the navy-blue winter-weights). A wise directive has purposely made them as unromantic in colour and in design as a wise directive could imagine. Thanks to the work of Eric Partridge in 1945, the hilarious slang of the Royal Air Force during the first two World Wars has been preserved for generations to come. While some phrases like 'chocks away!' have lasted to this day, others deserve to be rediscovered . . . Beer-lever: From pub-bars, meaning the 'Joystick' of an aircraft. Canteen cowboy: A ladies' man. Half-pint hero: A boaster. One who exemplifies the virtue of Dutch courage without having the trouble of going into action. Tin fish: A torpedo. Umbrella man: A parachutist. Visiting-card: A bomb. Wheels down: Get ready - especially to leave a bus, tram, train. From lowering the wheels, preparatory to landing. Whistled: In a state of intoxication wherein one tends to whistle cheerfully and perhaps discordantly. The Dictionary of RAF Slang is a funny and fascinating insight into the lives of our RAF heroes, in a time gone by.
Author : Eric Partridge
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Page : 84 pages
File Size : 46,95 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Humor
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Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : London M. Joseph [1945]
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 34,23 MB
Release : 1945
Category : Air pilots, Military
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Author : Eric Partridge
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Page : pages
File Size : 34,84 MB
Release : 1945
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Author : C. H. Ward-Jackson
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 45,27 MB
Release : 2016-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 147335367X
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Author : C. H. Ward-Jackson
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 37,25 MB
Release : 1945
Category : English language
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Author : Cyril Henry Ward- Jackson
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Page : pages
File Size : 32,98 MB
Release : 1943
Category : World War, 1939-1945
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Author : Bernard Beadle
Publisher : OxCHEPS
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 24,95 MB
Release : 2007
Category : English language
ISBN : 9780955569807
Over 400 different slang expressions collected remembered by Jean and Bernard Beadle (2115686 LACW Beadle JF and 1323197 Cpl Beadle BGF), with help from a band of survivors that remain. Expressions like "Gone for a Burton" lingered on, but others like "Arse End Charlie" and "Battle Bowler" have long since disappeared The book is a dictionary, but it is also a memoir of an era. For those who were not there at the time it is difficult not to think of Richard Todd, Trevor Howard (having a brief encounter) and Kenneth More in those famous black and white movies.
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Page : 72 pages
File Size : 36,91 MB
Release : 1944
Category : English language
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