单词 | ally sloper's cavalry |
释义 | > as lemmasAlly Sloper's cavalry Ally Sloper's cavalry n. Military slang the Army Service Corps. ΚΠ 1917 F. T. Nettleingham Tommy's Tunes 44 We are the Mechanical Transport, The M.T., A.S.C.,..What a blooming rotten lot Ally Sloper's Cavalree. 1926 ‘Sapper’ Jim Brent xi. 238 On any subject he was an artist; on pumps and the deficiencies of Ally Sloper's Cavalry—as the A.S.C. is vulgarly known—he was a genius. 2006 Wipers Times: Compl. Series Gloss. 358 A.S.C., Army Service Corps. Also known at ‘Ally Sloper's Cavalry’, after a children's comic character, and as the Army Safety Corps. < as lemmas |
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