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A Dictionary of RAF Slang

Af: Eric Partridge Engelsk Hardback

A Dictionary of RAF Slang

Af: Eric Partridge Engelsk Hardback
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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.

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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.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 64
ISBN-13: 9781405930598
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1405930594
Kategori: Jul
Udg. Dato: 17 nov 2016
Længde: 11mm
Bredde: 119mm
Højde: 186mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 17 nov 2016
Forfatter(e): Eric Partridge
Forfatter(e) Eric Partridge

Kategori Jul

ISBN-13 9781405930598

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 64

Udgave

Længde 11mm

Bredde 119mm

Højde 186mm

Udg. Dato 17 nov 2016

Oplagsdato 17 nov 2016

Forlag Penguin Books Ltd

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