Roger, sausage and whippet : a miscellany of trench lingo from the Great War
Moore, Christopher, 1955-2012
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Roger: a code word for a gas cylinder and a nickname for rum. Sausage: an observation balloon. Whippet: a small, light type of tank with a top speed of 8 m.p.h. All the way from the trenches and through the letters of Christopher Moore's Captain Cartwright, comes an extraordinary lexicon of the lingo and phrases of life at the front.
Main title:
Roger, sausage and whippet : a miscellany of trench lingo from the Great War / by Christopher Moore.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Headline, 2012.
Collation:
224 p. ; 30 cm.
ISBN:
9780755363674 (hbk)
Dewey class:
427.09041
Language:
English
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BRN:
3209526