单词 | pbi |
释义 | > as lemmasPBI PBI n. (also p.b.i.) Poor Bloody Infantry, Poor Bloody Infantryman; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > infantry foot folkc1325 pedaile?a1400 putaylea1425 foot band1517 fanterie1575 foot1578 foot troop1579 infantry1579 tolpatchery1864 PBI1916 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > foot-soldier footmanc1325 page?a1400 pieton?1473 foot soldier1587 rondache1607 peon1609 tolpatch1705 foot wobbler1785 wobbler1785 doughboy1835 fantassin1835 mud-crusher1864 web foot1866 grabby1868 infantryman1883 flat-foot1889 gravel-crusher1889 foot-slogger1894 PBI1916 mud-slogger1936 infanteer1944 leg1969 1916 B.E.F. Times 1 Dec. f. 4/1 So here's to the lads of the P.B.I. Who live in a ditch that never is dry. 1952 Sunday Times 14 Dec. 7/3 Procedural remedies are being sought, mostly by back-benchers—the ‘P.B.I.’ of Parliament. 1972 Guardian 1 Feb. 12/2 In the trenches the PBI..await the order to go over the top. 1990 Guardian 18 Jan. 31/1 Packages are the PBI or ‘poor bloody infantry’ of data processing: they win all the battles and nobody talks about them. < as lemmas |
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