单词 | faugh-a-ballagh |
释义 | Faugh-a-Ballaghn. Now Historical. In plural, the nickname of the Royal Irish Fusiliers (formerly the 87th Foot). Also elliptical, as Faughs n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun] spahi1562 legionnaire1595 strelitz1603 Croat1623 deli1667 Croatian1700 lancer1712 highlander1725 lambs1744 royals1762 light-bob1778 fly-slicer1785 Life Guardsman1785 royals?1795 Hottentot1796 yeoman1798 pandour1800 Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811 forty-two man1816 kilty1842 Zouave1848 bumblerc1850 Inniskilliner1853 blue cap1857 turco1860 Zou-Zou1860 mudlark1878 king's man1883 Johnny1888 Piffer1892 evzone1897 horse gunner1897 dink1906 army ranger1910 grognard1912 Jock1914 chocolate soldier1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 Anzaca1918 choc1917 ranger1942 Chindit1943 Desert Rat1944 Green Beret1949 c1811 Regimental song in M. Cunliffe Royal Irish Fusiliers (1952) 450 The ‘Faugh-a-Ballaghs’ cheered and charged, and boldly did pursue. 1829 J. Shipp Mem. Mil. Career II. ii. 38 Does your honour really belong to the old Fogaboloughs? 1925 A. R. Burrowes (title) The 1st Battalion, the Faugh-a-Ballaghs in the Great War. 1985 J. Cloake Templer xv. 390 The three regiments of the North Irish Brigade would merge..and..the 3rd Battalion of the new Regiment (i.e., the Faughs) would be disbanded. 1985 J. Cloake Templer xvi. 414 The story of the museum goes back..to the disbandment—narrowly escaped by the Faughs—of the Irish regiments in 1921. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1811 |
随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。