| 单词 | spam medal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSpam medal Spam medal n. Military slang a medal awarded to all the members of a force (see also quot. 1962). 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 1945 E. Partridge Dict. R.A.F. Slang 40 Naffy gong 1939–45 star (medal). Since late 1943... It is also called the spam medal. 1959 Legionary Mar. 11/1 As all of us overseas at the time were volunteers, it meant that everybody wore one and so, in patronizing fashion, we tagged it [sc. the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal] the Spam Medal. 1962 W. Granville Dict. Sailors' Slang 110 Spam medal, 1939–45 star whose ribbon has the same colours as the NAAFI girls' arm flash. As spam, a kind of spiced-ham, was sold in the NAAFI canteen, what more obvious term could suggest itself? < as lemmas |
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