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Digger Dialects

Slang Phrases used by Australian Soldiers during WW1

 

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L.H. n. Lost horse.
LAMP BELONG JESUS n. Moon. Papua (Pidgin English).
LAMPS n. Eyes.
LANCE-CORPORAL BACON n. Bacon consisting of fat through which runs a thin streak of lean.
LANCE-JACK n. Lance-corpora1.
LAVORO n. Work. Italy.
LAY AN EGG v. (Of an aeroplane) - Drop a bomb.
LAZY LIZZ n. A heavy long-distance shell which passes overhead with a lazy drone. (Also called 'TIRED THEODORE').
LEGOW v. Take away. Mesopotamia (Hindustani).
LEGS ELEVEN n. The number eleven in a game of 'house'; (2) a tall, thin man.
LET DOWN v. To deceive; fail; trick; omit to fulfil an obligation.
LIE-OUT POSSY n. The position where troops assemble in battle formation before attacking.
LINE n. (1) One of the front line trenches; (2) a general defensive line of positions; (3) 'The Line' - the firing line; the forward area.
LINE-UP n. An assemblage.
LIT-UP adj. (1) Drunk; (2) diseased.
 
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Carburet : n. A carbide. See Carbide; v. t. To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.
 
Digger Dialects by W. H. Downing - Lothian Book Publishing, Melbourne and Sydney, 1919
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