单词 | buckshee |
例句 | Perhaps the faintest suspicion of lean fringed it or you might moodily survey a square inch of fat—if there was not a buckshee inch of rind. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry The word "buckshee" comes from the Hindoo word "Backsheesh." Into the Jaws of Death Three-quarters of a bottle and a "buckshee" drink was the ration, and this obtained, men felt more fit for their labours. The Seventh Manchesters July 1916 to March 1919 I'd give my bit o' buckshee pay And my gratuity in honest Brads To go down to the field nex' Saturday And have a game o' football with the lads. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-28 "Buckshee" the English troops call anything that you might have to spare, such as "Have you a buckshee razor?" meaning "Have you a spare razor?" Into the Jaws of Death Winterflood, Mace and the Duo found their way by instinct born of experience to an advanced dressing station where buckshee tea was being doled out. Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry |
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