| 单词 | quick dick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasQuick Dick Quick Dick n. Military slang (now historical) any of various artillery pieces of the First World War (1914–18) noted for their rapid fire. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] > type of firearm > quick-firing quick-firer1885 QF1889 Quick Dick1918 1918 Modesto (Calif.) Evening News 11 July 2/2 The last named, termed ‘quick Dick’ by the Americans, comes silently and explodes disastrously. 1918 Sat. Evening Post 31 Aug. 34 A fifty-millimeter gun which they dubbed Quick Dick played on them with direct fire. 1936 J. G. Harbord Amer. Army in France 1917–19 xvii. 283 The time of warning usually varied from practically nothing with the ‘Quick Dicks’ as the boys called the Austrian 88's..to as many as five seconds with the heavier calibers. 1956 A. Moorehead Gallipoli 193 The biggest of the Turkish guns that fired from Kum Kale was known as ‘Asiatic Annie’; another was called ‘Quick Dick’. < as lemmas |
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