单词 | lance-jack |
释义 | > as lemmaslance-jack lance-jack n. Army slang lance-corporal, lance-bombardier. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > corporal > lance-corporal lancepesade1579 lance-corporal1786 lance1888 lance-jack1912 1912 H. Wyndham Following the Drum vii. 80 A junior corporal is a ‘lance-jack’. 1937 D. M. Jones In Parenthesis iii. 28 Tin soldiers, toy soldiers, militarymen in rows—you somehow suffer the pain of loss—it's an ungracious way of life—buttocked lance-jacks crawling for the second chevron. 1953 A. Baron Human Kind ix. 68 Foller the Salvation Corporal an' 'is Saintly Lance-Jack. 1971 L. Deighton Declarations of War 11 Lance-jack at the time, actually. 1971 L. Deighton Declarations of War 11 You're not looking too good, Colonel, if you don't mind an ex-lance-jack saying so. < as lemmas |
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