| 单词 | to take french furlough |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (a) French furlough French furlough n. [after French leave n.] Military colloquial (now chiefly historical) an act or the action of taking absence without leave, or of deserting; frequently in to take (a) French furlough.In later use frequently with reference to the American Civil War. ΚΠ 1831 Mechanic's Free Press 19 Feb. One poor fellow got a musquet ball in his leg, in the act of taking a French furlough not long ago. 1836 C. G. F. Gore Diary of Désennuyée I. 241 'Tis a runaway hayduck of my father's..which would have been sent to the ranks to mend his moral, had he not took French furlough, and made off from Hungarn. 1863 Louisville (Kentucky) Daily Jrnl. 20 Jan. A ‘lame’ soldier, who had been enjoying a ‘French furlough’ for several weeks. 1914 D. E. Johnston Story of Confederate Boy in Civil War xvi. 184 Isaac Hare and Travis Burton of Company D took ‘French furlough’. 2000 S. Dallas Alice's Tulips v. 109 There are only two ways Harve can come back to Slatyfork just now—get hurt and come home a cripple or take a French furlough and get sent to the jail. < as lemmas |
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