| 单词 | old contemptibles |
| 释义 | > as lemmasOld Contemptibles Old Contemptibles n. [in ironical allusion to the German Emperor's alleged exhortation to his soldiers to ‘walk over General French's contemptible little army’ (published in an annexe to B.E.F. Routine Orders of 24 Sept. 1914)] British History (a popular name for) the British army of regulars and special reserves which made up the expeditionary force, under the command of General French, which was sent to France in the autumn of 1914; also in extended use; cf. contemptible n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1915 ‘B. Cable’ in Sunday Times (Sydney) 19 Dec. (Pictorial Suppl.) 23/2 There were some of these ‘Old Contemptibles’, as they proudly style themselves now, who said..that this attack did not compare favorably with the German attacks of the Mons-Marne days. 1917 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 140/1 The Royal Flying Corps..sent whatever machines it could lay hands on to join the old contemptibles in France. 1964 Shakespeare Q. 15 387 It was an essentially democratic Henry, almost as tattered and mud-bespattered as the ‘Old Contemptibles’ with whom he marched. 1992 Daily Mail 17 Aug. 45/1 The theory is that once the old contemptibles have given England a 3-0 lead, Ted Dexter and his selectors can afford to..bring in younger men for the two remaining games. < as lemmas |
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