† unsoldieryadj.
Obsolete.
= unsoldierly adj.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > [adjective] > befitting soldier > not
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1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres ii. 22 That the souldiers take not example from him of vnsoldiarie negligence.
1648 (title) An Elegie on the Most Barbarous, Vnparallel'd, Vnsouldiery Murder, committed at Colchester upon..Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle.
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adj.1598- to sell one's company, regiment
- to sell one's life dear, dearly
- to sell one's life rarely death dear, dearly
- to sell one's stone
- to sell one's story
- to sell oneself
- to sell out
- to sell outright
- to sell over
- to sell short
- to sell smoke
- to sell snow to eskimos
- to sell someone a bill of goods
- to sell souse
- to sell south
- to sell the dummy
- to sell the family jewels
- to sell the family silver
- to sell the pass
- to sell up
- to sell upon the foot
- to sell wood upon the stock
- to send a bill upstairs
- to send a boy to do a man's job
- to send a grazing