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R.A.M.C. n. (1) English Army Medical corps. (2) A popular abbreviation for 'Rob all my comrades.'
RABBIT TRAP n. Mouth
RAG-TIME adj. Disorderly; haphazard; irregular.
RAINBOW n. A reinforcement, or member of non-combatant corps, who joined a fighting unit aftek the Armistice. (Rainbow after the storm).
RAMMIES n. Breeches.
RAT v. Betray.
RAT n. (1) Informer; (2) member of a gang of rogues.
RAT v. (1) Search a prisoner or dead body. (2) Pick a pocket.
RAT-AND-FOWL n. Australian shilling.
RATIONS n. (1) 'Wet Rations' : (i) Cooked foods, etc. (tea, stew, bacon, porridge, etc.); (ii) rain, mud ; (3) intoxicants. (2) 'Dry Rations': (i) Uncooked food (bread, jam, butter, cheeze, etc.); (ii) A dust storm; sand or dust; (iii) a sermon. (3) 'Iron Rations' : (i) Emergency rations, carried on the man in battle, not to be eaten except in cases of extreme necessity; (ii) bursting shells. See also ISSUE.
RATS n. Delirium tremens.
RED LIGHT n. An establishment not patronised by the best families.
REGIMENTAL n. (To come a regimental — a regimental Cadorna — crash, etc.). See GUTZER.
REGIMENTALLY REDUCED expr. To go and get, etc. A refusal accompanied by abuse.
REINSTOUSHMENTS n. Reinforcements.
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