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Brodrick|ˈbrɒdrɪk|
The name of the Secretary of State for War (1900–3), the Rt. Hon. W. St. J. Brodrick, afterwards Viscount Midleton, applied facetiously to: a. a soldier enlisted under the lower standard of physique introduced under his régime; more explicitly little Brodrick; b. an army cap invented and introduced by him.
1903Westm. Gaz. 19 Mar. 8/1 ‘Brodricks’ in South Africa. 1903Daily Chron. 17 Sept. 7/2 There were comparatively few so-called ‘Little Brodricks’ in these sturdy line battalions of the 1st Army Corps. 1905Westm. Gaz. 25 May 8/2 The other half in undress uniform, with..its fatigue jackets, its ‘Brodrick’ caps, and riding whips. 1915A. D. Gillespie Lett. from Flanders (1916) 74 The soft ‘Gor’ bli'me' hat..does not give such a mark as the flat-topped ‘Brodrick’. 1960E. Waugh in Spectator 15 July 95/3 The officials..wore khaki service dress and Brodrick caps. |