| 单词 | rooty gong |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrooty gong rooty gong n. now historical (a nickname for) a medal for long service and good conduct awarded to members of the British Army; cf. gong n.2 2a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > decorations or orders Order of St Michael1530 Legion of Honour1802 clasp1813 Iron Cross1813 medal1813 star1844 Victoria Cross1856 V.C.1859 Medal of Honour1861 bar1864 yellow jacket1864 V.D.1901 Croix de Guerre1915 Military Cross1915 C.G.M.1916 Military Medal1916 pip1917 M.M.1918 purple heart1918 Maconochie Cross1919 Maconochie Medal1919 wound-stripe1919 T.D.1924 rooty gong1925 Silver Star1932 Ritterkreuz1940 Africa Star1943 ruptured duck1945 Spam medal1945 screaming eagle1946 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 245 Rooty gong, long service Medal. 1936 F. Richards Old-Soldier Sahib vi. 108 The Good Conduct medal or ‘Rooty Gong’..was so called because it was a regular ration-issue, like bread or meat or boots. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 157 Rooty gong,..Rooti is the Indian Army word for bread, the implication being that the wearer has eaten a tremendous aggregate of Service loaves and therefore deserves it. 1990 J. Ayto Glutton's Gloss. 248 The long-service medal awarded to British soldiers in India in the early twentieth century was colloquially known as the rooty gong. < as lemmas |
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